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Do you think Trump's policies will continue to garner strong support or do you think they will be a one-time fad? Explain.

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He’ll continue to be the most successful person in the world
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Um, I'm going to try to view this from like, a non-biased side. There's not going to be any personal attacks here or political party attacks. This is based on whether he a good /politician/ and nothing else.
That being said, his policies aren't good. There's nothing really debatable here, literally everyone in Congress agrees. The only reason anything got passed this year is because in 2018 mid-term re-elections come up, and the Republicans will lose their chokehoId on Congress. Like, okay, the Republicans have had /complete/ control of Congress (the House AND the Senate have Republican majority) and nothing's gotten passed. Trump, as a Republican, should have had the easiest time EVER getting whatever he wanted passed because pretty much all of Congress is on his political side, but he's barely passed anything. This is literal fact, and it's almost pitiful.
So, let me give you my analysis of him, to start off. Again, no personal vendettas here. He knows how to build ideas, he knows how to create a dedicated group of supporters that will believe in him no matter what he does. But he doesn't know how to be a good politician. One of his major flaws is that he doesn't compromise, doesn't work with people. He doesn't understand public image, as you can clearly see by his disdain of the press. "But mainstream media is eviI!" Okay, but that's your personal viewpoint. He's the /president/. His job isn't to attack news networks, it's to cooperate with world leaders, and appear rational, reasonable, calm, considerate, and good-natured and likeable to the rest of the world whether he likes it or not, and whether you like it or not. That's what being president is. And he's failed at that. He also doesn't compromise on his policies. He's not willing to negotiate, it's his way or nothing. I'm willing to say every one of his policies would have passed if he was willing to make changes to his plans, and to compromise. And literally no policy, no standing agreement, nothing we look back at and say as a whole "this majorly impacted the world for good and helped us as a nation, as a world" happened without compromise.
Now, this is a terrible aspect for Congress, because while you might not think they're the best people in the world, they have a basic understanding of politics, at the very least. They know what changes are excessive, and what changes are needed that won't collectively pis/s the entire population off. We can give them that, at the very least. And they are, despite what we may think, willing to pass things. They need to show something, to say "hey, I helped pass this, now vote for me again". And they were unwilling for the majority of 2017, because whatever changes they proposed were shot down.
And if Congress didn't even like passing his tax cuts now, they certainly won't after re-election, because Congress is going to become Democratic again, and they certainly won't be inclined to pass whatever he offers. (Congress usually switches to the opposite party of the president come re-elections. Not pushing an agenda.) Trump had his chance to pass whatever he wanted, he blew it, and he's never getting that chance again.
TL;DR no.
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