Without a hint of irony, Michael Savage writes that he had a huge hand in Donald Trump's getting elected. Trump was on Savage's radio show, and Trump "heeded the advice I gave him and now his is the president of the United States." Who can measure the influence of radio host? It's really impossible, but there's no question Savage was rallying the troops for Trump, so it's not a stretch to conclude that at least some of his listeners pulled the lever for Trump as a result of Savage's influence.
You might think a book called Trump's War: His Battle for America, published so quickly after Trump's election, would be nothing but a cheerleading celebration of Trump. Admittedly, Savage does some of that; his various uncomplimentary nicknames and descriptions of Obama and Hillary leave no question in anyone's mind how he feels about the Democrat leaders. While he does laud Trump for some of his positions and early actions, his larger purpose is to hold Trump accountable.
We have already seen how political pressures and reality have forced Trump to moderate his positions in some cases. Are we going to build a wall? A fence? Nothing? Are we going to repeal Obamacare? Replace it with something just as bad? Are we going to defund Planned Parenthood? On some of these issues, whether he wanted to or not, Trump has wavered from the key campaign promises that got him elected.
Savage breaks down some of the policy challenges that Trump is already facing or will face and lays out a plan of action. His solutions make sense, at least to someone with a conservative bent. He's not a hard-line conservative though. He's sympathetic to a minimum wage and reasonable level of regulations on business.
Even though Trump has been beaten down by Democrats (of course), the press (of course), and plenty of Republicans (unfortunately), he has managed to accomplish some of his stated goals. If he will heed Savage's advice from Trump's War, perhaps Savage can help him successfully accomplish more.
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