Trumpery

We have a saying here in the Panhandle: "If you don't like the weather, wait 15 minutes, and it'll change."  Donald Trump supporters should have a similar saying: "If you don't like Trump's position on an issue, wait 15 minutes, and it'll change."

Trump shot his mouth off again last week when he was asked about abortion.  He said women who have an abortion should be punished criminally for their actions.  Less than three hours later, he was backpedalling, saying the doctors who perform the abortion, not the women, should be punished.

This is just the latest example of Trump's waffling on the issues.  Trump's supporters say they like him because he says what he thinks.  The problem is, he doesn't think before he speaks.  He blurts out the first thing that comes to mind and often has to backtrack.

I know all candidates flip-flop on the issues, like Obama who said he'd "evolved" on his support of gay marriage.  Then, there's Hillary, who changes her mind more times than I can count.  But Trump's flip-floppery outdoes them all. 

A quick Google search turned up just a few of his reversals:

He loved Hillary Clinton; now he thinks she's the worst. He was very much in favor of abortion rights before he opposed them. And he might be running as a Republican today, but he was once a registered Democrat who called for legalizing drugs, a huge tax on the wealthy and staying out of wars that didn't present a direct threat to the U.S. In many ways, he's been to the left of Clinton and even Bernie Sanders on some issues.

The truth is we really don't know what Trump stands for because he says what he thinks the voters want to hear at the time.  That's all the more reason to be skeptical of him.  He can change his stance on anything at any time, and that can leave the country in a mess of trouble.