Back in 2015 Vox Day identified Donald Trump as the best candidate for president.\u00a0 He understood how Trump would handle the republican field and how he would connect with the American people.\u00a0 Between Vox and Scott Adams I read about how a NYC billionaire was going to win Pennsylvania for the republicans for the first time since 1990s.\u00a0 And they were right.\u00a0 And eventually everyone found out they were right.\u00a0 And the right wing rejoiced.<\/p>\n
But believing in Donald Trump seems to be difficult for many people.\u00a0 They expect a traditional politician and he\u2019s anything but that.\u00a0 And they doubt his conservative bona fides.\u00a0 And it\u2019s easy to understand.\u00a0 If you\u2019re a dyed in the wool Second Amendment advocate then the bump stock sacrifice may seem an unforgivable sin.\u00a0 Or if you are a fiscal conservative the budget deal probably looks like an abomination.<\/p>\n
But what you have to remember is that in a war sometimes tactics allow you to survive to fulfill your strategic goals.\u00a0 President Trump is adept at dealing with bad optics.\u00a0 He knows when to deflect and when to distract and he knows when a tactical retreat may be needed.\u00a0 Basically, he knew that the gun control furor required a gesture.\u00a0 He provided one.\u00a0 But it\u2019s a small retreat if it deflects the main assault.\u00a0 And in the long run the Supreme Court (if appointed by someone like Trump) could find the bump stock provision unconstitutional anyway.<\/p>\n
Right now, plenty of people on the right are throwing in the towel and declaring the end of the Trump presidency.\u00a0 I guess I understand their low morale.\u00a0 They\u2019ve been conditioned by the entire post-Reagan republican experience to expect failure.\u00a0 But what they don\u2019t understand is they will never have a better chance of actually reversing some of the damage that thirty years of liberals has already done.<\/p>\n