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June 1, 2017 By Taegan Goddard
First Read: President Trump is expected to announce at 3:00 pm ET that he is withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement (although perhaps with some exceptions so maybe its not a full pullout)
And with that decision to withdraw, its hard not to conclude that the guiding philosophy of Trumps first four months in office has been to rollback Barack Obamas agenda or do what Obama refused to do.
Yes, Trump campaigned on many of these positions (although the military action in Syria contradicted what he had said in the past on the issue). And yes, all new presidents who hail from a different political party typically break in one way or another from their predecessors. But whats different about Trumps breaks with Obama is that he really hasnt outlined a better way forward
These anti-Obama actions have been mostly symbolic. But whats been missing is a clear alternative other than just going back to where things were before 2009.
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https://politicalwire.com/2017/06/01/trumps-guiding-principle-undoing-obamas-agenda/
pangaia
(24,324 posts)MineralMan
(146,325 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)A over heard statement from a GOP Congressman last fall,we will make sure there will never be a another Black Guy in the White House. Well,needless to say,he lost his butt in the last Election.
hankthecrank
(653 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,360 posts)because he was offensive to the KKK-owned GOP.
Brother Buzz
(36,457 posts)3catwoman3
(24,029 posts)...this miserable excuse for a human being, I have absolutely no doubt that his humiliation at the hands of President Obama at the correspondents' dinner was at the core of Trumplethinskin's decision to run, and still motivates every choice he makes. He is trying to wipe President Obama from the pages of history, just to satisfy his own need for revenge. Disgraceful.
He is vile.