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I realize they think that, but IMO they are not just wrong but disastrously wrong. They won't get what they are expecting or want.
What? No, they'll get exactly what they are expecting and want.
To use the above example again, they want an EPA that doesn't try to expand the scope of existing pollution control regulations. They want an EPA that isn't trying to adopt new carbon dioxide emissions requirements. They want an EPA that isn't trying to promote green building standards or escalate CAFE requirements.
What they expect and want from a Trump Presidency - from any Republican Presidency - is an Administration that will not be pursuing progressive administrative policies, but rather an Administration staffed with secretaries and directors that want to restrain the regulatory state. They want the regulatory agencies to shift resources away from enforcement and into permitting, they want the entitlements agencies to adopt stricter standards for qualification of benefits rather than more expansive ones, they want the infrastructure agencies (like DOT and HUD) to stop linking grants and financing to pursuing progressive goals.
Across the board, they want the federal government to stop making judgment calls that land on the progressive/Democratic side of issues, and instead make those judgment calls on the conservative/Republican side. For example, instead of rulings that Title IX requires letting trans athletes compete on teams of their identification, or that the waters of the United States include isolated wetlands, or that the CAA requires regulating carbon emissions...they want the opposite calls.
And they'll get all that. And they'll be content with the trade-off of having a loutish and awful President, knowing they got the Administration they wanted.
