Trump's greatest mission: erasing Obama's legacy

[DonViejo]

By Victoria McGrane GLOBE STAFF DECEMBER 16, 2017

WASHINGTON — If one thing has defined President Trump’s approach to policy in his first year in office, it is his extraordinary zeal in trying to erase the accomplishments of his predecessor, Barack Obama.

From the petty (axing the White House bike-sharing station) to the profound (the Affordable Care Act), Trump has sought to roll back Obama achievements across the waterfront.

Some of those attempts have failed — the health law lives, though one key piece of it, the individual mandate, appears about to go away — but the intensity of Trump’s effort to bust up his predecessor’s legacy hasn’t ebbed a bit. And he has had some real successes: Through executive actions, regulatory rollbacks, and personnel appointments — especially to the judiciary — Trump has made serious headway toward his goal, even as some of his own major legislative intitiatives have languished.

“It’s been pretty clear from the beginning, one animating principle of this administration and, in particular, of this president, has been to consider anything that their predecessor did as bad,” said Jeffrey Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University.

“If you want to convince Donald Trump of doing something,’’ he said, “rather than arguing the positives of why something would be good for the country or good for his administration, all you have to do is explain to him that this is the opposite of what Obama did.”

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[OhZone]

1. If and when we get back in power -

I bet soooooo many things will be restored AND we will name sooooo many things after Obama.

[stonecutter357]

2. erasing Obama's legacy LOL.

[dalton99a]

3. It's easier to destroy than to build

Trump's legacy will be destruction and vandalism

[ladjf]

4. I disagree. His main mission was to enact the federal tax heist which is about to take place. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

5. If that was his "main mission"

he would have demanded they start on it right from the start instead of spending months and months trying to kill the ACA. Then they wouldn't have had to try to do the tax heist right up against the end of the year, where they STILL have to either extend the current CR or pass 2018 appropriations by December 22nd or the government will shut down.

[Irish_Dem]

6. He wants the money, yes, but he is petty, mean, vindictive.

Both the cash and obliterating Obama are important to him.