Charles Krauthammer finds Paul Ryan’s optimism about the Trump administration genuine, and he said that they will have a great deal to agree on because Republicans have been stockpiling ideas during the Obama years:
I think Ryan’s excitement is absolutely genuine. What the Republicans have is a situation of pent-up supply. These people have been stockpiling proposals, ideas, legislation now for years and seeing every one die in the Senate or die on Obama’s desk. Therefore, I’m not that worried about the disagreements between say, between Ryan and Obama over policy. There is so much out there that it will be very easy to start with those things on which they agree.
For example, on immigration, they agree on border security. Ryan is no — you know, he is not a fan of deportation. But, of course, Donald Trump, he retreated from that. And he said, “Well, we’ll deal with this later.” So they can easily agree on the wall. All the elements of border security. Defer amnesty or defer legalization. And then Trump will decide. He will decide which of the agenda items are going to be proposed and pursued at the beginning. Ryan is over there — it will be Ryan proposing, Trump disposing — so I don’t see where the conflict has to be. Later on, it will start. But I don’t see it starting now.
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