Mark Halperin Says Trump Can Bring More ‘Radical Change’ To Washington Than Past Republican Presidents

President-elect Donald Trump has a better chance to massively reshape the federal government than past Republican presidents, journalist Mark Halperin said Tuesday.

As of Thursday morning, Trump leads Vice President Kamala Harris by 2% in the popular vote, while Republicans have secured a Senate majority and are projected to maintain control of the House, according to Decision Desk HQ. Halperin, on “2WAY Tonight,” suggested that these factors — along with Trump’s four-year hiatus from office — set him up to accomplish more “radical change” than former Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.

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“If you look at all the Republican presidents since Reagan, including Reagan — Bush I, Bush II were never going to be bulldozers of the establishment. They just weren’t. Bush 43 looked for some change, no doubt, but he was not a bulldozer against the establishment,” Halperin said. “Reagan talked that way, but he had a Democratic-controlled House and, some of the time, a Democratic-controlled Senate, and did not really follow through on this rhetoric of fundamental change.”