Zakaria: Trump’s Turned out To Be a ‘Pretty Incompetent,’ Standard Issue, Big Business Republican

‘He just wanted to be president, meeting world leaders, flying on Air Force One and having Oval office photo-ops while delegating the actual policy to others’

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ZAKARIA " -- Instead he chose health care, a complicated, difficult issue sure to ignite his opposition and divide Republicans. Consequently, very little has actually been done. ObamaCare is not repealed, no money has even been appropriated for the border wall, NAFTA is still standing, and no tax reform or even an agreement to raise the debt seal. Donald Trump could have quickly begun to reshape American politics. He discerned voices that others didn’t, understood what they wanted to hear and articulated much of it. But when it came time to deliver, it turned out that he had no serious ideas, policies, nor even the desire to search for them. He just wanted to be president, meeting world leaders, flying on Air Force One and having Oval office photo-ops while delegating the actual policy to others. So far Donald Trump has turned out to be something far less revolutionary than expected. A standard issue, big business Republican although pretty incompetent one, wrapped in populous clothing."

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