Trump will keep bugging Obama for leadership advice

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump says he's looking forward to benefiting from President Barack Obama's "counsel" in the future.

Trump was speaking at the end of his meeting Thursday with Obama in the Oval Office. He's suggesting he may turn to Obama for advice on governing.

Trump said he looks forward to being with Obama "many, many more times." He said they discussed a host of topics.

Trump said that Obama explained "some of the difficulties" but also "some of the really great things that have been achieved."

Trump is noting that the meeting was expected to be short, but lasted almost 90 minutes. He said as far as he's concerned, it could have gone on much longer.

Lord Foul wrote:I really dont think thats a bad idea, And, perhaps its a measure of the calibre of the man...he is prepared to admit that he "dont know it all" and is prepared to seek advice from someone he must therefore regard as skilled in the field....  

maybe...just maybe.....he is actually somewhat wiser than he at first appears....

we shall have to wait and see.....

Lord Foul wrote:I really dont think thats a bad idea, And, perhaps its a measure of the calibre of the man...he is prepared to admit that he "dont know it all" and is prepared to seek advice from someone he must therefore regard as skilled in the field....  

maybe...just maybe.....he is actually somewhat wiser than he at first appears....

we shall have to wait and see.....

Lil' Bae wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:I really dont think thats a bad idea, And, perhaps its a measure of the calibre of the man...he is prepared to admit that he "dont know it all" and is prepared to seek advice from someone he must therefore regard as skilled in the field....  

maybe...just maybe.....he is actually somewhat wiser than he at first appears....

we shall have to wait and see.....

Maybe Obama can give him some advice on not doing a complete 180 from what you campaigned on

Lord Foul wrote:

Lil' Bae wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:I really dont think thats a bad idea, And, perhaps its a measure of the calibre of the man...he is prepared to admit that he "dont know it all" and is prepared to seek advice from someone he must therefore regard as skilled in the field....  

maybe...just maybe.....he is actually somewhat wiser than he at first appears....

we shall have to wait and see.....

Maybe Obama can give him some advice on not doing a complete 180 from what you campaigned on

meh...they are ....without exception ALL the same...promise the moon, beit light side or dark side, then deliver (mouldy) cheese....

Mark Morris, a leader of the Colorado-based Three Percent United Patriots militia group, said he understood Trump would need time on some issues, but he expected quick movement on repealing Obamacare and appointing a conservative Supreme Court justice to fill the seat of the late Antonin Scalia.

He said he hoped Trump would stand with ranchers in their disputes with the federal government over fees charged for cattle grazing on public land – a call to arms for many in the patriot and militia movement.

Morris warned Trump should not count on his followers to stay with him if he did not produce results.

“People voted with a lot of faith that he will come through,” he said. “I don’t think it is going to work out very well if he doesn’t get the things done and he comes back at the end of four years and says I need four more years to accomplish what I need to accomplish.”

Trump had to take strong action on immigration given his rhetoric, said Roy Beck, head of Numbers USA, a group that favors reduced immigration levels.

He said Numbers USA and other grassroots groups would pressure Trump to keep his promises to bolster enforcement and cut back on legal immigration and foreign workers, including eliminating immigration by low-skill and non-extraordinary-skilled workers.

“There’s no way he would have been elected president if he had not so boldly made immigration his top issue,” Beck said. “You have to come through on your top issue. The question is in the details.”

He said many Trump supporters understood his talk about the border wall was “shorthand” for restoring the rule of law in immigration, although it was a promise by which he would be judged. “We’re in the best position we’ve ever been in since the 1950s to get control of this issue, but we still have big challenges,” Beck said.

For many activists in the anti-abortion movement who are suspicious Trump’s promises are fueled by politics more than conviction, he still has plenty to prove.

“I think we’re seeing a mix of emotions, from excitement and some fear to somewhere in between,” Jeanne Mancini, president of the anti-abortion group March for Life Education and Defense Fund said of Trump’s election.

“For us the most important thing will be to hold him to his campaign promises, particularly on the Supreme Court. We want to be sure he is true to his word,” she said of Trump’s vow to appoint justices who will vote to overturn Roe vs Wade, the 1973 decision legalizing abortion.

Lil' Bae wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:I really dont think thats a bad idea, And, perhaps its a measure of the calibre of the man...he is prepared to admit that he "dont know it all" and is prepared to seek advice from someone he must therefore regard as skilled in the field....  

maybe...just maybe.....he is actually somewhat wiser than he at first appears....

we shall have to wait and see.....

Maybe Obama can give him some advice on not doing a complete 180 from what you campaigned on

BAE wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:

Lil' Bae wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:I really dont think thats a bad idea, And, perhaps its a measure of the calibre of the man...he is prepared to admit that he "dont know it all" and is prepared to seek advice from someone he must therefore regard as skilled in the field....  

maybe...just maybe.....he is actually somewhat wiser than he at first appears....

we shall have to wait and see.....

Maybe Obama can give him some advice on not doing a complete 180 from what you campaigned on

meh...they are ....without exception ALL the same...promise the moon, beit light side or dark side, then deliver (mouldy) cheese....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-supporters-promises_us_582657ffe4b02d21bbc8e19d

Mark Morris, a leader of the Colorado-based Three Percent United Patriots militia group, said he understood Trump would need time on some issues, but he expected quick movement on repealing Obamacare and appointing a conservative Supreme Court justice to fill the seat of the late Antonin Scalia.

He said he hoped Trump would stand with ranchers in their disputes with the federal government over fees charged for cattle grazing on public land – a call to arms for many in the patriot and militia movement.

Morris warned Trump should not count on his followers to stay with him if he did not produce results.

“People voted with a lot of faith that he will come through,” he said. “I don’t think it is going to work out very well if he doesn’t get the things done and he comes back at the end of four years and says I need four more years to accomplish what I need to accomplish.”

Never heard of the 3 percent group? They look like this:

Trump had to take strong action on immigration given his rhetoric, said Roy Beck, head of Numbers USA, a group that favors reduced immigration levels.

He said Numbers USA and other grassroots groups would pressure Trump to keep his promises to bolster enforcement and cut back on legal immigration and foreign workers, including eliminating immigration by low-skill and non-extraordinary-skilled workers.

“There’s no way he would have been elected president if he had not so boldly made immigration his top issue,” Beck said. “You have to come through on your top issue. The question is in the details.”

He said many Trump supporters understood his talk about the border wall was “shorthand” for restoring the rule of law in immigration, although it was a promise by which he would be judged. “We’re in the best position we’ve ever been in since the 1950s to get control of this issue, but we still have big challenges,” Beck said.

For many activists in the anti-abortion movement who are suspicious Trump’s promises are fueled by politics more than conviction, he still has plenty to prove.

“I think we’re seeing a mix of emotions, from excitement and some fear to somewhere in between,” Jeanne Mancini, president of the anti-abortion group March for Life Education and Defense Fund said of Trump’s election.

“For us the most important thing will be to hold him to his campaign promises, particularly on the Supreme Court. We want to be sure he is true to his word,” she said of Trump’s vow to appoint justices who will vote to overturn Roe vs Wade, the 1973 decision legalizing abortion.

So if he turns out to be a typical Republican president, there could be riots.