During the presidential campaign, there were those who thought that a Trump presidency would be at odds with Republicans on some issues. So far we're seeing no signs of that.
He promised to “drain the swamp” and has filled it with the rich and powerful on Wall Street. He talked about creating jobs with a big infrastructure program, which doesn't appear anywhere on the horizon right now. And he pretended to be isolationist in his foreign policy, but seems to be relying on Steve Bannon for advice – someone who is not only intent on igniting a global war on Islam, but is rumored to believe the United States is headed toward an inevitable confrontation with China and Iran. When it comes to Trump's National Security Council, the NYT goes on to report that “Many of the first ideas that have been floated have involved military, rather than diplomatic, initiatives.”
That reality is undergirded with something Paul Krugman wrote today. Putting it in today's parlance, it amounts to the idea that ignorance is a feature, not a bug.
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