Sure, if you go with that Evil Genie method where you deliberately misinterpret things in order to deliver the letter of the promise but not the spirit.
*hires one more border patrol agent*
It's a metaphorical wall!
*sits down with one democrat and one republican*
I'm uniting the people!
*bans known ISIS members from entering the United States*
See! I banned "Muslims" from immigrating!
I'll give him one: he promised to leave Social Security as it is. Congratulations on being able to deliver on a promise of not doing something
This is bound to happen. The American people have spoken, and they want change. Not destroying the country by giving the people a chance to rebuild might just be the change conservatives are looking for.
I'm hopeful that Trump won't go overboard. For example, he spoke with Obama about healthcare and doubled down on his position that a pre-existing condition is not grounds to deny someone healthcare. Correct me if I'm wrong, but he's not making many concessions with healthcare. I don't agree with his plan, but I haven't looked into it in detail. I say give him a chance when it comes to healthcare, but on immigration, he's too far right.
Agreed. So why are many people on the left freaking out? I mean --- no more birth control! No more abortions! Gays back in the closet! Hysteria.
People on the left are freaking out because they worked hard on a plan that didn't work. Eventually, they'll accept that and find a way to improve it. Like working toward
actual equality of the sexes instead of calling men wimps for not enduring the side effects of hormonal birth control. The left stopped making progress a long time ago, unless you count marriage equality as "progress" instead of a formalization of a widely accepted reality.
I read something today about LGBT rights under a Trump administration, and based on what I've seen in Trump's speeches, I don't think marriage equality is going anywhere. So gays aren't going back in the closet. Trans people, on the other hand, might be at risk for some kind of social rejection of their identities.
But if we're really going to complain about birth control being taken away (I'm not aware of any reason to believe this is more than speculation by the left), then we should ask ourselves what good feminism has done for the left. Is this about more shaming of the right for not accepting liberal ideas, or can we come to some kind of an agreement? Because if all you have left on the table is "you're a bad person if you don't agree with me," then your options will be severely limited.