The Mysterious Disappearance of Candidate Trump
President Donald Trump ran for office as a heterodox conservative, mixing far-right nationalism with promises to protect the safety net for the poor and middle class. But his first 50 days show glimpses of a fairly traditional conservative policy, which often puts the interests of the rich over the needs of the poor and middle class.
Before signing any major pieces of legislation, Trump has put his name to several executive orders that against Dodd-Frank’s financial reform, which he signed because, in his words, his investor friends “with nice businesses” had trouble getting loans. Another executive order stalled the so-called that requires financial advisers to act in their clients’ best interest when providing advice on retirement planning. That $1-trillion infrastructure bill that was going to rebuild the rust belt long overlooked by coastal elites? It’s becoming a more modest public-private partnership, which infrastructure experts say will pay construction companies to make repairs they were already going to fund. Notably, his executive orders banning immigration from a handful of majority-Muslim countries do not directly impact the bottom line of most companies.
