Live from the Cleveland Dumpster Fire: Republican grifters who continue to pretend to believe that they could easily capture a President Trump for their policy fraction:
: Morning Money: "Larry Kudlow and Steve Moore promised that they would soon deliver...
...a revision of Trump’s tax plan that would reduce its cost from $10 trillion to $3 trillion over ten years.... Moore also said he was confident he and Kudlow could help nudge Trump away from his protectionist trade policies: 'My only point is that I think we're moving him a little bit more in a free and fair trade direction.’ Moore noted that Trump has largely stopped talking about big tariffs on Chinese goods. Kudlow added: 'I think Mr. Trump does not want to see a wall of tariffs. He's actually pushed that rhetoric aside in recent months'....
: What Happens to Entitlement Reform and Free Trade Under Trump: "Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Finance Committee...
...which has jurisdiction over entitlement programs, predicted Trump will come around. 'I think it won't take him very long to realize that unless we do [entitlement reform], this country could be gone,' Hatch said on the convention floor Tuesday night. 'But it's going to take him a year, a year and a half to figure it out…. But he's a smart guy, and he doesn't want to leave this country in worst shape than when he came in'...
