“I think [Donald Trump] will do something on immigration.” ThinkingTrumpImmigration Author:William Kristol
“[Donald Trump] will try to renegotiate the trade deals a little bit.” TryingLittlesBitsDealsTrumpLittle BitTrade Author:William Kristol
“There are a few things [Donald Trump] has been pretty clear he'll do. A big infrastructure program that he'll get bipartisan support for.” Has BeensBigsSupportClearTrumpProgramInfrastructureBipartisan Author:William Kristol
“Republican Congressmen and senators will be in a very interesting place, where they have to support the president-elect - president - what will be President [Donald] Trump when they - when they agree with him, try to guide him in certain ways, I think oppose him on some things.” ThinkingWayTryingCertainPresidentInterestingSupportTrumpRepublicanAgreeGuidesSenatorsVery InterestingCongressmanInteresting Places Author:William Kristol
“I was "Never Trump." But it turned out never republican was really the theme of this election.” TrumpRepublicanElectionTheme Author:William Kristol
“Donald Trump beat Jeb Bush and beat Hillary Clinton. And when everyone thinks of Donald Trump that's pretty impressive.” ThinkingTrumpBeatsClintonImpressive Author:William Kristol
“If you look at the polls, for all the talk about immigration and even trade, ObamaCare was an extremely important issue for Trump voters in 2016.” IfsLooksImportantIssuesTrumpTradeImmigrationVotersPollsObamacareImportant Issues Author:William Kristol
“If President [Barack] Obama - President [Donald] Trump shows up with a, you know, cleaver and just says, I can get rid of all these regulations, I can get rid of ObamaCare, no problem at all, then that would be a mistake.” IfsKnowsI CanShowsProblemWould BePresidentMistakeTrumpBarackRegulationNo ProblemObamacarePresident Barack ObamaCleaver Author:William Kristol
“First of all, legally, it's hard to do these things[ get rid of ObamaCare]. Donald Trump needs a lot of competent people.” PeopleNeedsFirstsHardTrumpCompetentObamacare Author:William Kristol
“[Donald ] Trump is more important than all of us. He's more important than the media.” ImportantMediaTrump Author:William Kristol
“If Donald Trump behaves well, personally, and morally - I agree with Van [Jones] on this - if he distances - if he disassociates himself from forces that he unfortunately coddled and even fostered a little in this campaign, if he is responsible about the way in which he goes about his policy, initiatives on immigration and ObamaCare, trade and other areas, he has a huge opportunity, because the truth is that a lot of this stuff isn't that - there is a lot that can be done.” IfsWayWellsLittlesDoneOpportunityForceStuffPolicyHugeTrumpTruth IsAreasResponsibleAgreeTradeDistanceCampaignsImmigrationBehaveInitiativeVansObamacare Author:William Kristol
“The repealing and replacing of Obamacare is very complicated. It is what a White House and congressional leadership, serious White House and serious congressional leadership, should meet on and work on and figure out a strategy of, and it may work and it may not. Obviously not every administration gets things through, even when they have much larger majorities in congress and a much larger popular vote than Donald Trump had.” ShouldMayHouseWhiteFiguresSeriousTrumpVoteMajorityStrategyCongressComplicatedAdministrationWhite HouseObamacarePopular VoteRepealing Author:William Kristol
“I think that's what's - one of the things that is alarming to me is [Donald] Trump, and I think Trump supporters seem to believe, he won, huge upset, full credit to him, and has got the wind at his back. And Republicans on The Hill do want him to succeed, obviously, and they're deferring to him more than they deep down in private sort of wish - want to, but they are going to defer to him publicly for awhile. But I think that is going to run out faster than people think.” PeopleThinkingWantBelieveSeemsRunningWishWindHugeTrumpRepublicanSucceedCreditHillsFasterUpsetSupporterDeep DownWant Him Author:William Kristol