The US government is as divided as we have had in a long time, probably since the civil war, with one of the most controversial presidents we may have ever had. With both sides firmly entrenched on opposite sides of the aisle, it looks like there will be four years of deadlock. Even though Trump is a republican, his unusual actions seem to fracture his party which only creates more uncertainty. Every day it seems like some new scandal or controversy pops up like we are living in a real life version of House of Cards.
The most recent issue to pop up is the Senate healthcare “repeal and replace” voting. With two of the three options already down and a third option, narrow repeal, losing some republican support, it looks like it will go down as well. These three plans were the republicans attempt to get rid of Obamacare completely or replace it with something else. The Republicans cite various reasons for wanting to get rid of Obamacare, but one of the unspoken and fairly obvious motivations is to undo Obama's legacy. Many Republicans hated him so much that they want to get rid of everything he accomplished to diminish his historical impact.
Another recent controversy that arose was the Trump's plan of banning transgenders from the military. Although Trump claims to have consulted various high up military generals and officials, much top military brass, such as the chairman of the Joint Chief of staffs were blindsided. Currently, this plan is not active as the Joint Chiefs will not implement it until they receive a full policy, not just tweets. I think that this action is uncalled for and does not seem to be that logical. I would imagine that you want the best soldiers no matter who they are, regardless of their beliefs, race, gender or any other characteristic.
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I find the insight Leon has provided on the recent issues and scandals in the government as very true. Both the attempts to repeal Obamacare and President Trump's tweets against transgenders in the military show controversial actions further polarizing the Democratic and Republican parties.
I also agree with his point that we will be stuck in political deadlock for the next four years. Even right now with a Republican majority congress and Republican president, many legislative actions have still been stopped in their tracks. For example, Leon even provided the instance of the failure to repeal Obamacare's bill. It is also likely that in the 2018 midterms, a Democratic majority congress may occur, causing even more deadlock with the political divide between the president and congress.
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