Wait! The Trump agenda isn't dead yet!

Trump's agenda is only mostly dead. That means it's still slightly alive.

President Trump flanked by Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

In the days and weeks after Donald Trump's shock election upset of Hillary Clinton, there was a lot of heady talk among Republicans. They would quickly repeal the Affordable Care Act and pass sweeping tax reform. Easy peasy. And with GOP control of both the White House and Congress, Republicans would effectively disappear the entire Obama presidency. Wipe it clean away. Like it never happened!

Look where we are now, entering the Summer of Comey with the Washington atmosphere thickened by talk of obstruction of justice and impeachment. The bold Trumpublican policy agenda? Obviously dead in such a toxic political environment. Right?

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James Pethokoukis

James Pethokoukis is the DeWitt Wallace Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he runs the AEIdeas blog. He has also written for The New York Times, National Review, Commentary, The Weekly Standard, and other places.