How is president Trump different from campaign trump?

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Unfortunately it doesn't look like the new Trump has the balls to go after corruption in the white house. That was his only redeeming feature in my mind. That he might hold elitists accountable to crimes.

We'll find out but I don't think he will do it since it will open himself up to attack once again (I think he'd rather not bring the spotlight back on his own (alleged) crimes if he can at all avoid it).

Having said that, he has demonstrated one thing very clearly. The election process in the US is complete and utter BS. He lied all the way through his campaign, his supporters acknowledge it, and they simply don't care. They don't care that he's not going to do what he said because they all knew he was lying anyway. Very strange mentality.

Trump has always had a public and private persona when it comes to conducting business, he's a master of self promotion and branding but now is the time the time to govern. I think Trump has a great deal of respect for the office and the responsibility he is about to take on, I think he wants the love and approval of all Americans not just his voters. The campaign was psychological warfare, it was an ugly brutal affair but fire was met with fire, hopefully this is over now and everybody can work together. I think Trump and most elected Democrats(besides POS like Harry Reid) have conducted themselves honorably after this election, the American people have spoken not just with their vote for Trump but their vote for Republican control of the House and Senate too. Trump despite the media characterization is quite moderate on some issues and I think more than willing to work bipartisanly, Trump doesn't look at compromising and making deals as selling out or violating your principles but rather relishes 'the art of the deal' and pragmatism which is something we probably need a lot more of in Washington than more ideological zealotry.

the coming years will be a time of comforting the already comfortable [yet more unneeded tax giveaways for the wealthy paid for by everybody else in the form of higher state and local taxes/fees] and afflicting the already afflicted [LGBT, the colored and poor]. that is how the GOP works. 59 million americans are just fine with this.

Hopefully president trump uses his manners and really works for the American people including minorities.

not holding my breath waiting for that to happen.

I doubt there will be any big difference. He will still insult people in interviews and on Twitter.

Guess what? Trump is being a coward again and trying to delay the Trump University case! He is a conman and a crook, lock him up!

pence the puritanical pill is even scarier.

Leave me alone Jacoby. I really mean it. I'm tired of you being disrespectful towards my comments!!

You don't know whats on Trump's tax returns either! The coward conman couldn't even release them! That's so freaking pathetic. If Hillary did the same thing- people would be in an uproar about it as well.

Anyway.. in other Trump news- Steve Bannon has been hired. The guy is yet another in the line of sleazeballs that are horrible. Go look him up, its not just some media smear. He's an evil person that shouldn't be anywhere near politics.

news only gets worse.

How about you treat me with respect? I am 'correcting the record', if you find that disrespectful then don't be wrong?

I know that a person's net worth or business dealings wouldn't but on it, all it shows is how much declared income someone has in a particular year and deductions they took. Trump filled a 100 page financial disclosure which would tell you way more than tax returns on the conspiracies you allege. Civil cases are obviously very different than criminal ones, when you are rich you get sued quite often but there is no criminal case. Civil cases do not have to meet the same legal threshold and can be settle at any time, Trump does not like to settle cases on the principle of the matter but he obviously has bigger fish to fry right now. You let your partisan rancor get the best of you, go look at the criminal complaints and scandals the Clinton have against them. You will see that they are much more substantive and grave in their implications, the Clinton's ran a massive pay for play operation out of the State Department which is the textbook definition of corruption.

You havent treated me with respect ever! So leave me alone! I'm tired of this crap.