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Realistically, what can Trump and his Republican Congress do?

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Piggus

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My fiancee is from Indonesia, and I recently sent in a visa petition for her to move to the US. The whole process takes about 5 or 6 months. What do you guys think the odds are of Trump/Congress passing a law that would ban immigration from Indonesia (a muslim majority country).

I'm feeling so nervous about this right now. :(
 

Cels

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he's going to appoint at least one justice.

maybe even two or three (ginbsberg is 83, kennedy is 80)

can ginsberg hold on another 4+ years?
 

NateDrake

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I hope he watched the climate change film with Leo and it opened his eyes. If not, the environment is doomed with his desire to end regulations and allow for coal to be used heavily once again.
 
Here's Trump's official 100 day plan


Trumps First 100 Days Promise to America
  • Middle Class Tax Relief and Simplification Act
  • End the Offshoring Act
  • American Energy and Infrastructure Act
  • School Choice and Education Opportunity Act
  • Repeal and Replace Obamacare Act
  • Affordable Childcare and Eldercare Act
  • End Illegal Immigration Act
  • Restoring Community Safety Act
  • Restoring National Security Act
  • Clean Up Corruption in Washington Act

Six measures to clean up the corruption and special interest collusion in Washington, DC:

FIRST, propose a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress.

SECOND, a hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce the federal workforce through attrition (exempting military, public safety, and public health).

THIRD, a requirement that for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated.

FOURTH, a five-year ban on White House and Congressional officials becoming lobbyists after they leave government service.

FIFTH, a lifetime ban on White House officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government.

SIXTH, a complete ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections.

Five actions to restore security and the constitutional rule of law:

FIRST, cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama.

SECOND, begin the process of selecting a replacement for Justice Scalia from one of the 20 judges on my list, who will uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution.

THIRD, cancel all federal funding to sanctuary cities.

FOURTH, begin removing the more than two million criminal illegal immigrants from the country and cancel visas to foreign countries that won’t take them back.

FIFTH, suspend immigration from terror-prone regions where vetting cannot safely occur. All vetting of people coming into our country will be considered “extreme vetting.

Seven actions to protect American workers:

FIRST, I will announce my intention to renegotiate NAFTA or withdraw from the deal under Article 2205.

SECOND, I will announce our withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

THIRD, I will direct the Secretary of the Treasury to label China a currency manipulator.

FOURTH, I will direct the Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative to identify all foreign trading abuses that unfairly impact American workers and direct them to use every tool under American and international law to end those abuses immediately.

FIFTH, I will lift the restrictions on the production of $50 trillion dollars’ worth of job-producing American energy reserves,including shale, oil, natural gas and clean coal.

SIXTH, lift the Obama-Clinton roadblocks and allow vital energy infrastructure projects, like the Keystone Pipeline, to move forward.

SEVENTH, cancel billions in payments to U.N. climate change programs and use the money to fix America’s water and environmental infrastructure.
 

Sylas

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Ironically enough, the constitutional amendment is likely to hurt his chances of getting any of the other things done. Why bother working with him if you don't have to consistently worry about getting re-elected?
 

Tregard

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SIXTH, lift the Obama-Clinton roadblocks and allow vital energy infrastructure projects, like the Keystone Pipeline, to move forward.

SEVENTH, cancel billions in payments to U.N. climate change programs and use the money to fix America’s water and environmental infrastructure.

gg America
 
Something that I've been worried about, but I have no idea if it's even possible:

Can Trump get rid of voting?

Everyone is going "Remember to vote in 2018. Remember to vote in 2020." but is there some way, that with the House and Senate totally red behind him, he could like... eliminate the democratic process and go full dictator?
 

Sydle

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FIFTH, I will lift the restrictions on the production of $50 trillion dollars’ worth of job-producing American energy reserves,including shale, oil, natural gas and clean coal.

SIXTH, lift the Obama-Clinton roadblocks and allow vital energy infrastructure projects, like the Keystone Pipeline, to move forward.

SEVENTH, cancel billions in payments to U.N. climate change programs and use the money to fix America’s water and environmental infrastructure.

Fucking hell.
 
SECOND, a hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce the federal workforce through attrition (exempting military, public safety, and public health).

THIRD, a requirement that for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated.

What does any of this mean?

The third one isn't even possible at a certain point.
 

lazygecko

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Could the Trump administration realistically strong-arm the rest of the government and/or military into not giving a shit about NATO? Member states were already freaking out over his statements long before people even took his candidacy seriously, and now their fears have been realized.

That scenario would seriously destabilize places like East Europe and SE Asia. Weren't Japan getting more serious about producing their own nuclear arsenal?
 

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Duplicate of the Trump / Obama legacy thread and Trump / which promise won't he keep threads, both of which are fixated on Trump policy outcomes
 
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