I have made many observations on Donny and his style of governing….it is a maximalist style….huh?
For those that are not too savvy on these types of terms let me clarify for you…..
A maximalist is someone who thinks things should be done in the biggest and boldest way possible. In politics, maximalists demand major changes, usually with the goal of ending capitalism.
That definition is from vocabulary.com
If you keep up with current events then you will see that Donny’s plan for government is maximalist in nature.
President Donald Trump charged into his second term with vows to quickly negotiate an end to multiple wars, pursue an “America First” strategy to restore dominance in manufacturing and abandon its postwar role as global policeman.
But the president’s maximalist domestic and foreign policy agenda has run headlong into immovable obstacles — recalcitrant autocrats, stubborn allies and an entrenched global trade network — triggering market reactions and harsh responses that have forced him to recalibrate.
It underscores the challenges Trump faces in following through on key campaign promises and bending other countries and an entrenched global economic system to his will. The latest example came over the weekend, when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Chinese trade negotiators in Geneva to broker a detente in the countries’ month-plus trade war that brought West Coast ports to a standstill. The agreement between the U.S. and China to lower levies against one another by triple digits came as a rejection of Trump’s “no negotiations” strategy articulated by White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, which threatened to plunge the nation into recession.
Trump allies, Wall Street leaders and lawmakers say the agreement with China, like other recent policy decisions, demonstrates the limits of the economic and political pain Trump is willing to tolerate.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/trumps-maximalist-agenda-finds-its-limits-00346389
This maximalist attitude towards policy is a mistake. The straightforward truth is that there are times when more government action in the economy is appropriate, and there are times when it isn’t. There are times when the government should step forward, and times when it should step back. The world is complex, and complexity defies simple or universal solutions. And it’s not just bad policy, but dangerous politics as well.
For decades conservatives have accused Dems of a maximalist agenda…..but that was before the hard Right entered into the picture….and now the conservs have no problem with the implementation of the Trump agenda.
I do hate to admit it but Donny and his cronies have done an excellent job at selling his agenda to the peasants (that would be you).
Dems need to step away from the center and start their own campaign of selling much needed programs to the people.
But will they?
I think no….they are too comfortable with the do-nothing middle and their own re-election than to propose an agenda for the all the people of this nation.
Time to get involved!
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Maximalism tends to work best in dictatorships. Like Stalin’s Five-Year Plans, or Kim Jong-Un building the centre of Pyongyang into a strange architectrual wonderland of little use to anyone in the DPRK. That Trump is so fond of similar ideas, and also fond of dictators, tells us all we need to know about him.
Best wishes, Pete.
If Americans would wake the hell up they would see what is happening. but sadly they are seduced by stupidity. chuq
The people who are coming of voting age can barely read, have no idea how to add, spel, or make change without a calculator. I think we may be doomed.
Again I agree…if you get the chance watch a movie “Idiocry”…..very prophetic. chuq
Dems for the people ? Men in women’s sports,releasing criminals on the streets ,running up the deficit, providing big business with cheap labor (which is really union busting) and divesting parents of their children don’t seem like “for the people” stuff. I suppose Trump style is certainly maximilist. It’s because there so much that needs to be fixed.
Geez Carl….I get it you HATE Dems…..and Trump is for the people? You are drinking. There is lots that needs doing but the approach now will benefit no one but Trump and his cronies. chuq
All Polyticks aside, I had my last taste of alcohol on March 2, 2002 after 40 years of daily excessive drinking. No shrooms or happy pills either. I have voted for one democrat in my life: George McGovern in 1972.
Good for you….and that explains your support chuq
We have always, in this country, had a two-party system, with the usual waffly voters. You register with one or the other. Period. Yes, you can vote on either side, but most people vote the party line, rarely mixing their votes. I’m beginning to think that this kind of system has some deep flaws, since folks like my Dad would vote one party without even considering anyone else. He was straight Republican, and expected me to be the same. Not bloody likely.
And while I realize that having a two party (or even three or more) system simplifies voting, not everyone votes the candidate, but rather the ticket. There’s something wrong there. It may simplify your choices on one hand, but it can also cause a certain level of stress, knowing your ‘candidate” is a walking jerk, but you hesitate, because…
In this last election I suspect a great many people voted for Trump without having a clue about him. He was a Republican by jesus, and we always vote Repub. yep. They voted Kamala Harris out, because they had no idea who she was, or because they liked her, but she wasn’t a Repub.
THat sums it up very well…..even Washington saw the ‘evil’ behind the party system. chuq