Early talk in February when a tax cut would happen the end of this year.
My own take the administration needs to act while it has some power over congress.
Things are going downhill from here.
But if there is no tax cut things won’t be nearly as bad.
I think the administration is turning to the long game. I am not sure what that is.
I definitely know it won’t be successful. There are too many ignorant ideas abounding for any success.
There is no “long game”. If we learned anything from the first 4 years, there is no plan, no script, no nothing: it’s just lurching along from day to day, reacting to whatever suits the toddler’s mood.
Dear Goof,
We agree there is no long game. But time marches on so the nonexistent long game is it.
Good luck finding it. When you find it the entire discussion will be incoherent.
It can’t be a long game when everything is done by Executive order. That is the very definition of a short game. He has the Senate and the Congress and yet nothing can get passed, lol. Complete incompetence.
Yes, but, he also does not have a Tip O’Neil or Nancy Pelosi or even the hideous wife abandoning institution destroying scoundrel Gingrich, each of whom had the skills essential to anything getting done before. Our Constitutional Republic is broken and desperately needs fundamental reform, even if someone sane experienced and knowledgable were to somehow get into the White House.
How much of the chaos is Project 2025 inspired? It seems they have a lot of input. So there may be something of a plan, at least for certain of the adminstration’s actions.
Dear Ges,
Yes the fascist economics are the long game.
We are in denial.
Seems pretty typical for a CEO of a closely held company: rule by decree, with no accountability.
Steve
Dear Andy and Steve,
There were mutterings of waiting till the end of the year to pass the tax cut. That to me is long game thinking.
The totally wrong thing to do but future planning.
Project 2025 definitely has a grand plan, but since they can’t get any of it through Congress, and it’s all being done through Executive Order, the next occupant of the oval office will be able to reverse most of it.
intercst
Dear Intercst,
The courts are rejecting it now.
The EO are not stopping DEI. Instead money for things like research are being stopped by EO with DEI as the rationale. The rationale is not legal. So far one court if not more have rejected the rationale.
There will be many court rulings substantiating DEI’s place in American law and life.
I appreciate your optimism… that we’ll have a free and fair election.
And that the next president might not be named Vance.
DB2
Dear Bob,
You are at the computer dreaming again. Wake up.
Or Jr. Seriously, I expect that, if TIG can draw breath, he will run again, and declare himself the winner, regardless what the vote is.
Steve
There are objectives, to be sure, but a “plan”involves “how to get it done.” With the Reality Star choreographing everything for today’s rush of headlines, not much has, at least so far.
Making legislation and running a government requires patience and knowledge - of how to get things done. The most successful Presidents know to lean on their Congressional leaders and whips, but this one doesn’t know how to do that. That’s why so little got done in the first four years, and why nothing has been accomplished through Congress so far in this one. That could change, I acknowledge, but I don’t think the hopes are bright (for them.)
Dear Goof,
That is not true. I wish it were.
I asked Grok:
Is President Trump following the project 25 plan? Give a 300 word summary.
Grok says:
{ In summary, while Trump’s administration shows significant overlap with Project 2025’s goals—particularly in key appointments, immigration, and education policies—his tariff-centric approach and public disavowal indicate a selective or pragmatic adoption rather than a wholesale embrace. The plan’s influence is evident but not absolute, shaped by Trump’s broader political strategy.}
A month ago, a similar question resulted in " more or less, but more rapidly than the plan calls for."
I live to help.
ralph
Awesome!
Help Wanted
Are you adept at making a wide variety of plastic widgets* in exchange for all you can eat corn, soybeans, pork and bourbon?
If yes, please call 1-800-Peter-Navarro.
*Must have own tools, including widget factory.
Heh! I’ll talk to the union steward n get back to you.
ralph
Edit. The union steward says I been Doged. 