(01-29-2020, 06:01 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(01-29-2020, 12:41 PM)mikesez Wrote: I think they would picked some outsiders.
A guy who might be beholden to just one senator is not the same thing as a guy who's beholden to the entire donating elite of a political party going back two or three decades.
But none of them would have picked Trump.

In 2016 I wouldn't have picked Trump either. But after seeing all of Trump's accomplishments to date, not picking Trump would have been a mistake. Most of the other Pubs would have negotiated away some of Trump's accomplishments in the interest of "bipartisanship." Who else would initiate a trade war with China to protect American intellectual property? I've read a lot of conservatives who disapprove of Trump's challenge to China. Maybe a progressive would, but then we'd still be in the Paris treaty accord and sending $100B a year in climate reparations to 3rd world dictators.

So this is another place where we disagree.
I agree with you that Trump has been more reluctant to get involved in shooting wars and less reluctant to get involved and trade wars than a stereotypical Republican.
And I agree with you this is a good thing. 
But I think that Rand Paul or Ted Cruz would have made about the same choices if we had made either of them president instead.

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