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David Axelrod: Not Unusual for Presidents to Change Their Positions When in Office

‘Every president changes some positions when he takes office because the reality of governing is different than the reality of campaigning’
By Grabien Staff
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CAMEROTA: "Has the presidency changed Donald Trump?" 
AXELROD: "Well, clearly, his positions have changed. And, you know, in some ways this isn't unusual. Every president changes some positions when he takes office because the reality of governing is different than the reality of campaigning. George W. Bush campaigned against nation building and once the nation was attacked he ended up sending troops into Iraq. President Obama campaigned against the health care mandate. Once he became president, he discovered that without a mandate it would be very hard to cover people with pre-existing conditions. So he went forward with it. So this isn't that unusual. What is unusual is how flagrant these changes are in the case of Donald Trump as a candidate. We all remember his chants about China that were the -- kind of a centerpiece of every one of his appearances and his pledge to name them as currency manipulators and take very strong steps against them and so on. And, obviously, that has changed." 

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