{"id":14567,"date":"2016-05-12T23:33:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T23:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=14567"},"modified":"2016-05-12T23:33:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T23:33:04","slug":"trump-gop-draw-closer-still-have-a-long-way-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=14567","title":{"rendered":"Trump, GOP draw closer … still have a long way to go"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Now we hear that Donald J. Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan have closed the rift between them.<\/p>\n

Fine, if you’re a Republican. I guess.<\/p>\n

Are they anywhere near closing the deal in the wake of their 45-minute meeting in Washington, D.C.?<\/p>\n

Let’s see:<\/p>\n

— Trump won’t touch entitlement spending, but he vows to erase the budget deficit quickly.<\/p>\n

— Trump opposes trade agreements that allow for freer trade between the United States and our international partners.<\/p>\n

— Trump wants to ban Muslims from entering the United States.<\/p>\n

— Trump says he’s fine with Japan and South Korea developing nuclear arsenals.<\/p>\n

— Trump says President Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction in a deliberate deception to start a war with Iraq.<\/p>\n

— Trump wants foreign governments to pay us back for the assistance we give them.<\/p>\n

— Trump is open to the United States withdrawing from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.<\/p>\n

— Trump says rich people should pay more in taxes.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure that Speaker Ryan disagrees fundamentally with all those views. The presumptive presidential nominee’s view on tax policy and trade run completely counter to standard conservative Republican orthodoxy.<\/p>\n

I know I’m missing a few examples. Those are the ones that come to mind immediately.<\/p>\n

Trump has said “party unity” is overrated. Now he’s all in favor of it.<\/p>\n

I will await the outcome of this run-up to the GOP convention in Cleveland along with the rest of the nation.<\/p>\n

If Trump caves in to GOP policy, he risks ticking off his ardent followers.<\/p>\n

If the “GOP establishment” surrenders to Trump, then the true-blue Republican faithful will be left standing in the rain.<\/p>\n

Ryan today talked about standing firm on “core principles,” which I believe he possesses. Trump’s principles? I’m still waiting for him to reveal them.<\/p>\n

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Now we hear that Donald J. Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan have closed the rift between them. Fine, if you’re a Republican. I guess. Are they anywhere near closing the deal in the wake of their 45-minute meeting in Washington, D.C.? Let’s see: — Trump won’t touch entitlement spending, but he vows to erase … Continue reading Trump, GOP draw closer … still have a long way to go<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[1424,5957,6211,3524],"class_list":["post-14567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-political-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-gop-establishment","tag-party-unity","tag-paul-ryan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14567"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14570,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14567\/revisions\/14570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}