I am a little surprised by those buying into the idea that Trump will lead a deficit-reducing administration. I expect conflict, chaos and massive falling out, with the result being business as usual.

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Agreed

Politicians being politicians

Yeah, he already eviscerated one of the fiscal conservative dissenters from the business-as-usual pork spending CR last week . . . Wake me when there is tangible proof MAGA is not controlled opposition (economic/fiscal/monetary policy speaking). Oh, and Elon & Cos. are like the 18th largest recipient of Federal grift.

i am yawning at people thinking that professional actors with expensive entourages to fluff their public image actually do anything to stop the corruption of the inherently corrupt institution of government that primarily solves its problems by killing people, but ok

Historical cycles are unavoidable, and the people we elect are merely the actors these cycles demand.

Rightly said. Donel T has not spent much time down the rabbit hole. He's an opportunist. He has profited too much from the old system.