What then is your opinion of the Republican party, both in the House and the Senate, in the past 3 years?

It seems to me that instead of being a co-equal branch of government, as mandated by the constitution, they are determined to act as altar boys for Trump.

I doubt it will escaped anyone's notice, excepting perhaps just one regular poster, that Mrs Thatcher wasn't President of the USA. She wasn't even President of the UK, much as she might have liked to have been.

She was our PM, with markedly different responsibilities in a totally different political system which functions in a much smaller economy than does the USA. Smaller economies, like smaller ships, can turn round quicker but still need time to react to stimuli. UK PM's have a greater economic influence than US Presidents do. In my opinion at least!

Mrs Thatcher was of her time. There was much to admire in her. She oversaw some very much needed changes and instilled discipline. Some of those changes produced good results whilst others were more questionable but they all took some time to really be felt. Quelling inflation and union power by raising interest rates and cutting public spending produced a recession and then a boom. Whether this was all worth it divides opinion. Soaring house prices which mean the young can no longer as easily afford to get on the housing ladder as my generation could is not a good thing for a fair, cohesive, society. The divisions we see today can all be linked to those days.

Fair dont cut it.
Many have afforded properties through hard work and effort.
Loads of property is affordable.
Maybe not in truro and london but move out from these areas and it is affordable for two wage earners.
I dont think linking what happened 30 odd years ago helps tbh.
The unions were too strong and economies arnt just a UK thing.
All you are doing is giving the feckless and work shy excuses not to help themselves.

You mentioned the iron lady and unions, not me.

It wasn't either of us who introduced Thatcher into this Trump thread.

Decisions made by leaders have pretty instant results normally.

That's simply untrue. When laws are changed they need to secure Parliamentary approval and Royal assent. When anything changes there is almost always a time lag between implementation and any effect.

Trump has put China to bed and helped the usa big style.

That is a wildly optimistic appraisal. What the mid to long term consequences of this strategy is really unclear as it could have many different outcomes. Even short term there are many in the USA who would disagree with you. It isn't China who pays the increased tariffs. It's the US consumer who either accepts the higher prices or goes without.

Check your 5.26pm post about the iron lady.
My second line was about trump not the uk.
Anyone can throw the 'long term' line in there.
It's the here and now that is how it is.