President Trump with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), right, and Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), center. Running as a populist, Trump promised health care to cover everyone, no cuts to any entitlements (Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security), repeal of Dodd-Frank and middle-class tax cuts that don’t shovel more money to the rich. His tax plan and budget plan look like a parody of a right-wing agenda. And second, the right-wing agenda is overwhelmingly unpopular with the country as a whole. Upscale Republicans are coming to see Trump as a loose cannon, a loud-mouth xenophobe.

Source: Washington Post June 06, 2017 18:58 UTC