For all his faults, President Trump has been blessed with what seem to be the most deranged set of political rivals in American history. Whatever legitimate criticisms or reasonable compromises a responsible political opposition might have made have been utterly drowned out by the rants of most of the left side of the aisle.
Also, any incentives that President Trump might have had to move leftward on any issues, whether because his own background is as an urban liberal Republican or because he sees himself as a dealmaker, have run aground on the shoals of the left's Trump Derangement Syndrome. Recall the compromise he floated a few months back on the Dream Act and the border wall - many on the right were concerned he was abandoning his tough stance on illegal immigrants, but were relieved that he did not have to, since the Democrats weren't interested in any compromise on immigration policy. The result seems to be that President Trump has been far more consistent in remaining true to the mainly conservative agenda he ran on than many observers expected. So besides the positive economic news, he has had a number of victories on issues of concern to conservative voters like judicial appointments and curtailing regulatory overreach, with few concessions to liberals to annoy or demotivate conservative voters.
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