I'm pondering which promises made by Trump are likely to be honored or pursued and which were simply pre-election rhetoric. Now that he's been elected he can do what suits him and has no obligation to honor his voters, he lies to everyone even them but they're too dimwitted to admit it.
1. Mass deportations
Personally I don't see him doing this, he will likely make some announcement and waffle about this but the scale of the project and his lack of leadership skills mean this is likely a pipe-dream for the MAGATS. The cost is off the scales, the logistics is huge, the removal of low wage workers will impact thousands of business and either cause job losses, price increases or both, consider the farm workers for example.
I cannot think of even one reason why Trump would put any effort into this, for him it's irrelevant now that he's elected, like the wall before it and Mexico paying for it, this is all hot air and bluster.
2. Abortion
Likewise, I don't see any reason for him to spend any time or resources on this, it is what it is and he likely doesn't give a shit. He's already made his mark here, his name is forever tied to overturning Rowe v Wade and that's all he cares about.
3. Tax
Yes, he will likely make some decisions here but no idea what, he'll do something that he feels proves his value, boosts his ego, the effort to is minimal, just sign a few documents and back to the golf course.
4. Tariffs
Yes, again he craves attention and praise and like Tax all he has to do is sign a letter or two and it's done.
5. Revenge
Yes, this might be where he really spends most of his time, he's great at hating people and great at destroying things that work (as he did with the pandemic master plan during Covid). So I expect him to really devote energy here, nullifying all the cases against him, refusing to pay any fines or damages to people and be utterly unaccountable. He will likely honor the promise to pardon the hundreds of insurrectionists again because it's easy, just sign a few forms and back to the golf.
The question MAGATS need to ask is, what does Trump really care about? and at 78 he is likely going to pursues personal goals and not put effort into hard problems, if it can be done with a signature he'll do it, if it requires thinking, planning, organizing and motivating people he just won't do it because he can't do that very well.
