I opposed Trump all thru the primaries.  I didn't begin to warm up to him until his nomination acceptance speech and his policy speech a few days later: (1)  lower taxes on business to a level competitive with our global competitors; (2) roll back the 175,000 pages of excessive regulation that are costing our economy $2 TRILLION a year in compliance costs, an 11% drain on GDP, a "hidden tax" that has to be passed on to consumers, but most importantly, hits small business the hardest.  He didn't write those speeches, I know, but it told me he's hired smart advisers.  I agreed with all of that, but the Never Trump Progressive Establishment he beat in the primaries still controls Congress, and doesn't want change, but the GOP voters do.

Our social program costs, 2/3rds of the budget, are growing by 6% a year, an unsustainble rate at 2% growth.  If we don't get back to 4%+ growth, our system will fail within a few years.  Growth can only come from the private sector.