I'm in the same position as dasmiller. I can see all of the warning signs. It seems obvious what will happen. And yet, I keep telling myself we won't really know until he takes office and actually starts doing things.
The one thing that gives me hope is that Trump isn't an ideologue. He's not committed to any position, other than that Donald Trump is the solution to all problems. He also is relatively intelligent. Yes, I mean that. All of his deficiencies are social, not intellectual. He also has no commitment of any significance to his party. He doesn't have to go along with them in order to protect their reelection chances. He's in it for himself, completely.
Oh, and we don't really know what he even believes, because he lies with reckless abandon.
What that means is if he does decide something, he is free to act. For example, if he decides that global warming is a real thing, he isn't going to continue denying it because his pals need him to do so in order to keep their senate seats. As president, he has access to darned near anyone he wants to access for advice. Maybe....
Oh, who am I trying to kid? He already thinks he knows everything worth knowing. Why would he ask for advice?
So, yeah, probably pretty severely anti-science, but a guy can dream, can't he?
And there's always the possibility that he'll be impeached and thrown out of office, then his VP will take over and.....never mind. Uhh.....does anyone have any stock suggestions for what will flourish under four years of stupid?
