These days it seems that we have to regard any and all actions by Trump and his creatures by prefacing them with 'Is this real, is this a diversion away from Russiagate, or is this a smokescreen for some horrible legislation or a repeal of a good regulation?'. I hate not being able to take what a President says at, if not completely at face value, at least without having to worry and search the internet for an ulterior motive.
It's even more difficult because we've just come from 8 years of a man who would stand in front of us and say something along the lines of ; You may not like this, you may even suffer a bit at the beginning, but this is what we're going to have to do and why. And in the end, we will benefit from it.