Depends on the sub-group of conservative.

And yeah, lots of people do think he is doing just great so far. The problem lies between their perception and reality.

Plenty of idiocy in Trumplandia, but a couple bits from the past week that made me grind my teeth:

First, FCC rollback of transparency rules. Now, part blame goes to crappy journalists for this bit, because they usually aren't terribly clear on the issue (with some exceptions) and roll it all up into the "net neutrality" umbrella when reporting on the issue. Well, the parts that Trumpland is targeting thus far aren't the "neutrality" bits that many principled conservatives object to, that might force ISPs to operate in a certain manner, but rather, the regulations that basically try and put limits on fraud and deceptive practices. The parts that require some transparency in telling people what they are actually getting.

This is not a conservative move, it is a crony move.

Second, is talk about the war on weed firing up again. Whether from a states rights perspective, or a common sense perspective, theres absolutely no good reason whatsoever to waste a single federal dime or man-hour on people smoking weed. The so-called drug war failed even worse than prohibition, availability was never an issue - even at the heights of the drug war. All it ever did was waste countless dollars, and empower the most crooked practices in "law enforcement" Sure, because it was a Reagan thing, some self-identifying conservatives still are all gung ho about it, living in some long debunked fantasy that sending SWAT teams after potheads is going to somehow bring back the imaginary 50's in their head that never really existed, but the states rights angle should have any constitutional conservative up in arms.

Taking shit that never worked, everyone has realized doesn't work, then doubling down on it is incompetent at best.

Thats just the tip of the iceberg.

Meh.


For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)