11-19-2016, 08:23 AM
I have faith that he'll rise to the occasion. From what I've read he wants to push through a $1T infrastructure spending bill which is badly needed although don't know where the money to pay for that is coming from. I'm not entirely sure what will get done but I expect a lot to happen and good or bad, as someone who as derided the system for a total inability to do anything, I'll have to accept whatever they do as a step in the right direction whether or not I agree with what they do. It'll be especially tough for Democrats because by every indication they should've had a 3-4 seat majority in the Senate and this Trump wave blew that up and now they go into the 2018 midterms (which already tends to benefit Republicans) defending a ton of seats - many of which in states that Trump easily won. Vulnerable democrats will be hesitant to oppose Trump and even then will likely face a tough election battle that frankly speaking they will probably lose. I see it as entirely possible that post-2018 Republicans have the House, Presidency, and a super (filibuster proof) majority in the Senate meaning there would be zero way for Democrats to obstruct or even slow anything Republicans wanted to do. It's going to be an interesting, unique, non-traditional 4 years