And there you have it: Trump making promises on the campaign trail about things of which he is completely ignorant, and never even thought about. Then he talks with someone with a modicum of knowledge and voila! maybe he won't do the grotesque thing he promised his minions he was going to do; instead he'll "think about it." Meanwhile he's making Bizzaro World appointments of people to carry out as nihilistic an agenda--often personal--as I have ever seen.  People whose positions are about as extreme as you can get, and who will abuse any power they are given, regardless of the consequences to the country and the people who live within it. Bye bye social security, bye bye medicare, bye bye compassion and empathy, there's a new sheriff in town with a monstrous posse.  Tough luck grandma, grandpa. You cost too much to maintain, you've gotta go. Disabled? Pick up your tin cup and choose your corner. Orphaned? Trump has plans to put you to work.