trump didn't win because people with low iq's voted for him, he didn't win because he promised to build a wall. He didn't win because he was rich or because he was popular or a celebrity.
Trump won for one reason and one reason only .... HE WASN'T ESTABLISHMENT ... at least not political establishment. Americans got sick of seeing the same old poo time in and time out, with the only real changes being the spelling of the parties names. They wanted something different in the hope, that finally, someone might listen to them and make some changes.

Whilst I applaud their willingness to give him a go, their blind faith in him is akin to stupidity. Trump will not deliver, he will prove to be just as pro establishment as the other politicians. He won't give a sh1t about the voters that put him there and he'll sell them out as soon as he figures out how to make a buck from it. I also think he'll bore with the presidency fairly early on once he realises he is just as much a prisoner to the establishment as everyone else. Once that happens, he won't even pretend to care about the voters ...

Frank wrote on Jan 14^th, 2017 at 9:17pm:

Vietnam?
Afghanistan?
Iraq?

Frank wrote on Jan 15^th, 2017 at 1:28pm:

Vietnam was an American war by 1968 for which Johnson gave his political lifeblood, his credibility and his legacy as the civil rights and 'great society' president... Nixon couldn't withdraw with honour and Ford did what he was forced to do - Just get out... But by then the US had been in Vietnam for 20 years with 60000 US troops dead... How much more enforcement of US will could there have been?

What the Bush Administration expected after the decapitation of the Iraqi Administration which included the removal of all Baath Party and leaders is anyone's guess... They had the will to overthrow the Saddam regime with the installation of a US-friendly puppet regime (no doubt), without considering the ancient historical surviving schism between Shi'ites and Sunnis... Not a matter of a lack of US will as sheer stupidity.

Afghanistan with a long proud history of resisting invaders... How much will does it take when everyone is prepared to die to see the invader defeated?

War with China? It seems like its coming... How much more US 'will' is it going to take if there wasn't enough in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq?

And what does war with China mean for Australia? Will both sides send us the ultimatum: 'Either you're with us or you're with the enemy'?

Here are some highlights of his stated opening day plans.

- Health care -

Trump has pledged to introduce, with Republican leaders in Congress, legislation to "repeal and replace" Obamacare, and his team stresses he will immediately sign executive orders related to dismantling the law.

He could issue them on two fronts: allowing people to keep their plans which might not have qualified under the Affordable Care Act, and voiding penalties for individuals not having coverage.

Trump recently said he then hoped to see Congressional action to repeal and replace Obamacare "essentially simultaneously," although Republicans have yet to unveil their replacement.

- Immigration -

During the campaign, Trump was eager to order the deportation of convicted criminals who were living in the country illegally, a group he said topped two million people.

"Day one, my first hour in office, those people are gone," he told supporters in Arizona in August.

But Leopold said such processes are already underway: Obama's administration made deporting criminals a high priority.

Plus, the president "doesn't have the power to order anybody's deportation," Leopold said.

Trump has vowed to introduce legislation on day one that would fund construction of the "great wall" he wants built on the US border with Mexico.

He could immediately suspend the Syrian refugee program, and pledged a day one suspension of immigration "from terror-prone regions where vetting cannot safely occur."

Another controversial move he has advocated is scrapping the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which Obama instituted in 2012 to allow more than 750,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the country as young children to live and work in the United States without fear of deportation.

"Trump could reverse that guidance with the stroke of a pen," Leopold said.

- Environment, energy -

Trump has made no secret of his intent to end what he sees as the Environmental Protection Agency's intrusion into American industry, including Obama's Clean Power Plan compelling power plants to slash carbon emissions.

Vice President-elect Mike Pence has said Trump will "end the war on coal on day one."

Trump pledged to scrap coal leasing moratoriums and open federal lands for drilling and mining in order to access a mother lode of oil, natural gas, coal and uranium.

He has also expressed intent on day one to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project linking Canada to US Gulf Coast refineries, which the Obama administration blocked.

Trump also pledged to immediately cancel "billions in payments to UN climate change programs" and use that money to improve environmental infrastructure.

- Trade, government -

Defying the longstanding free trade traditions of his own party, Trump said that on his first day he will announce the United States will back out of or renegotiate two sweeping trade pacts: the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation agreement that has yet to come into force, and the longstanding North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico.

He vowed to immediately instruct his Treasury secretary to label China a "currency manipulator," a move that some observers warn could spark retaliation by the world's second largest economy.

As a way to "drain the swamp," his catchphrase for cleaning up Washington, Trump has said he will issue a five-year ban on political appointees becoming lobbyists after they leave the administration. He would also slap a hiring freeze on federal employees.