10Things We Can Expect From Donald J Trump’s Presidency

Donald J Trump is officially the President of the United States of America. We can all say we survived the 2016 US Presidential Election, but that excitement was short lived. It seems the panic, fear mongering, rioting, and name calling was just beginning. Let’s all take a deep breath. Don’t panic, don’t reduce yourself to name calling and threatening those who oppose you politically – on either side. That’s how civil wars start, literally. Instead, let’s look at what we can realistically expect to happen within the next four years, sans name calling or violence. Here are 25 Things We Can Expect From Donald J Trump’s Presidency.

10

The Keystone Pipeline

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This was one of the major things that Obama was supposed to approve as a bi-partisan compromise, sort of an olive branch. In the last four years, there’s been less and less bi-partisan compromise, and now that he and the majority of democrats are out, it would be pretty shocking if this didn’t happen in some way, despite the current protests.

9

Changes to Obamacare

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Mainly this would be a repeal of the individual mandate portion of Obamacare and some progress towards freeing up the market so that health insurance companies can sell over state lines. More competition means a better product and lower prices, and forcing someone to buy something or pay a fine is, still, downright un-American. The pre-existing condition portions, and the portions that allow adults to stay on their parents policy until 26 will stay parents policy until 26 will stay.

8

Congressional term limits

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Why this hasn’t happened yet is kind of confusing and shocking, as most members of both parties agree that it needs to happen. Hopefully, it will free up the process some to let fresh blood – business owners, former blue collar workers, scientists, etc – into congress that don’t have to be rich to even run a chance of being elected. But for now, we’ll all settle for a breaking up of limits on the good ol’ boys club.

7

Trump’s salary

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We can expect Trump to not take a presidential salary, or more specifically, to take $1 per year instead of the traditional $400,000.00. This isn’t unprecedented though; John F Kennedy and J Edgar Hoover didn’t take the Presidential Salary either.

6

A new SCOTUS nominee

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A new SCOTUS nominee will likely get put through as there’s also a Republican controlled Senate and Congress; however, this may not be as simple as some are assuming.

5

More late night jokes and cheap shots at the president

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Let’s just be honest, whatever side of political divide you fall on, Obama is just a cool dude.  He’s charming, affable, and knows how to take or make a joke. Trump is slightly less charming and affable.  While many people do find Trump relatable, many others think he’s literally Hitler, and we know what kind of treatment George W got from late night TV, so we’re just expecting it. And it’s okay.

4

Changes to the Democratic party

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The Democratic party will have to change, probably starting with it’s leadership. Just as the Republican party had to sit back and take a long hard look at things like their thoughts on gay marriage, etc, the Democrats are going to have to sit back and take a look at how and why they lost because the same plan that lost this time isn’t going to magically work in four years. Trump didn’t just win the presidency; Republicans won the House, the Senate, and the majority of Governor elections. This election was far less of a Trump “win” than it was a steep Democrat “loss” across the board. Millions of Americans all over everywhere that voted Democrat previously, voted for a chance at anything else all down the ballot. anything else all down the ballot.

3

Changes in Funding for Planned Parenthood

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Due to the changes in government along with the fact that nearly half of Americans are fundamentally opposed to abortion in cases where the mother and fetus are both healthy, we can expect some changes in how Planned Parenthood is funded, mainly through a cut of federal funding. This doesn’t, however, mean that Planned Parenthood will be going away.

2

TPP & NAFTA

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We can expect there to be no Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Canada and Mexico have both already come forward to discuss renegotiation.

1

A better relationship with Russia

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For those following the no-fly zone in Syria saga, and Hillary’s comments about taking military action against Russian hackers, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin said some very encouraging things about Russia’s relationship with the US, namely that Russia looks forward to restoring relations between our two nations. While the media has been pushing a narrative that Trump has Russian ties, there’s been no proof – either in wikileaks, or during an FBI probe into the issue – that found any ties between Trump and Russia.