Trump and the Republicans are in a tight spot that all the rhetoric in the world cannot get them out of.

They cannot just drop corporate tax rates without dealing with the miriad of existing credits/loopholes. Keping then will ratchet up the deficit. They cannot get rid of these credits without angering their support base. They can put up trade barriers but that will drive up the cost of consumer goods. They can get rid of Obama care but what will the 20 million currently covered by it do?

It is probably a good thing the Republicans now control Congress and the Senate as well as have their man in the Whitehouse. They have no excuse for not following through with promised legislative changes.

Four years from now voters will look at their record of non accomplishment and wonder why nothing has changed.