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Politics : A Hard Look At Donald Trump -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (2710)	5/13/2016 10:10:58 AM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 47127

......... It’s pretty clear, I think, what Ryan’s strategy is. He is trying to use his influence as Speaker of the House — and his non-endorsement of Trump last week — to move the former reality television star in a more conservative position; to take a man who is utterly unanchored philosophically and tie him to a conservative dock. When Ryan said last week that he couldn’t endorse Trump — a stand I was delighted by — it got Trump’s attention. It made it clear to him that he and Ryan needed to meet and figure out how to make this relationship work. Speaker Ryan has some demands. Trump, Ryan clearly hopes, will meet some of them. Not all of them for sure, but enough that Trump will be in a better place philosophically and policy-wise because of Ryan’s intervention. That’s not an insane or even an unreasonable strategy. Speaker Ryan, one of the brightest and most principled people I know, may be right. Perhaps he can move Trump in some important ways. Maybe he can act as the midwife of a New Trump — more conservative, less repulsive, more presidential. But count me skeptical. I believe a rapprochement with Trump is likely to fail for several reasons. The first is because Trump is far too erratic, too unprincipled, and too indifferent to philosophy to stay tied to the conservative dock, assuming Ryan can move him to that point to begin with. Trump is all over the map all the time. Mr. Trump may say on Thursday that he’s open and even favorable to, say, reforming Medicare — but no one, and I mean no one, would be shocked if on the following Tuesday he suddenly reversed course and said he opposes it. This is a man, after all, who lives in his own world, makes up his own facts, denies his own previous words, and is an inveterate liar. So even if one could secure a commitment from him, what good is it? .............. https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/ryantrump-thaw-will-fail/