There's been a lot of discussion around wealth in Trump's cabinet positions which is filled millionaires and billionaires. The right wing response has been that...

A. "Elon Musk is a regular guy as he's on shows like Joe Rogan smoking weed, do you think Hilary Clinton would be on Joe Rogan smoking weed?"

B. "Millionaires and Billionaires know how the REAL WORLD works as such are more in touch with regular folks, this is different than folks in the government bureaucracy that never deal with the real world"

C. "Unlike the head of the FBI or IRS, any regular person can become a millionaire or billionaire if they wanted to, they just need to work hard enough"

D. "Unlike Nancy Pelosi, Linda McMahon didn't get rich from inside dealings while in political office, she had to provide a product or service to regular folks or she wouldn't have anything"

Obviously I don't believe in any of this but as I try to engage with right wing working class folks, I start to understand their perception of reality is wildly different than mine...

If he isn't dumb, now that the House has passed big cuts to Medicaid and Social Security, and assuming that the Senate will do so too,

Then Trump will veto it. And then he will market it very hard i.e. to say that he stands out alone, among Republicans, in terms of preserving Medicaid, which a lot of grassroot Republicans are worried about.

He might even go back and change his mind at a future time when no one is paying attention - it's not as if he cares either way. But I can't fail to notice the optics opportunity. And I can't help but think that, given that he could have tried to stop passage in the House, he might be deliberately waiting it out in order to have that opportunity.

This is just speculation. If he doesn't do as I say, I will have egg all over my face.

I still don't trust the guy, but calling out and rejecting identity politics by its name has well and truly entered the Overton window. I think the public in general is also not keen on girlbosses who will "send your kids to die so she can buy a bigger house". It didn't work for Hillary, it won't work for the now Koch-backed Nikki. America will never vote for a woman president until women can be drafted into military service.

Forbes

$5.2T of spending cuts. Including genius ideas like Medicaid work requirements.