I would've posted much earlier, but I've been buried in schoolwork.
I'm still buried, so I'll just get my thoughts out of the way right now.
Yes. As dickheadish as I may sound here, I definitely wanted someone like Trump just to spite all those who groveled at Obama's stupid "Change Hope and Yes we Can!" foolishness. Thing was with those types of words they were not really relevant.
All Trump had to say was "Make America Great Again" to make himself very relevant. "When was it ever really great?" Doubtes ask, well definitely not since GHWB came in to establish his Political dynasty into the White House, for him to vomit all over the place and cause Bill Clinton to usurp him.
I really wish I can time travel to 1979 and get me a Reagan Button, bearing those familiar words "Lets make America Great again!"
Much as I've mocked you, and will continue to relentlessly, I totally get this. The establishment is crooked as hell, and needs an enema.
But no matter how much you'd like it to be true, Trump's not the guy who will do that.
Donald J. Trump is, and always has been; a friend of the rich, powerful, and violent: and an enemy of the working man, the middle class, those who wish to speak their minds, and all else that is worthwhile on the planet. His political positions, past and present, are irrelevant. Trump will never change from being a cruel and stupid lizard, and a caterer to the crooked and the selfish he's successfully fooled you and others like you into thinking are his enemies.
Pretend otherwise if you like. It won't change reality.
The thing is, this, like much of what Trump wants to do, will only happen when hell freezes over. Trump probably knows this as well. Trump will have a hard time doing anything since congress will oppose him just as hard as they opposed anything Obama did. Likely harder since neither party likes Trump.
Setting aside the fact that the presidency comes with profound power beyond what's in Article 2 thanks to the bully pulpit and a media presence bigger than any other elected official, it'll be interesting to see what happens in Congress if Trump's elected. The president does have a huge influence on legislative agendas, but usually as a supporter. He's not popular among Republican establishment representatives and Senators. I wonder what impact that'll have on his agenda, or even congressional politics.
Trump's policies won't be affected by anything other than what's popular at the moment, what's easy to pass in the house, what lines his pockets, and first and foremost what his ego drives him towards. It's literally the exact same thing Clinton did. Promises for the people, hard guarantees for the powerful.
The issue with this? What's popular and what's right are often antithetical. Issues with bipartisan support, such as the college rape hysteria and Lockheed-Martin's F-35, are often in a separate universe from what's good for the country. Trump's a shit businessman who can't even properly manage his own economic issues, much less those of anyone else. And Trump's ego, his only true guiding light, has always pointed him towards evil.
That won't ever change.
An interesting thing about Bloomberg is that he's a 'moderate' authoritarian. 'Moderate' in that his policy preferences are roughly in the centre, but authoritarian in that he prefers to implement those preferences through coercive power. It gives the lie to the idea that 'moderates' are unthreatening politicians.
As an aside, what is it about the NYC mayordom that rewards/produces authoritarians? Guiliani had a pretty worrying big brother streak too.
Oh, absolutely. Hell, fucking
Trump is a political moderate on almost all issues, and that won't do shit to make his Presidency anything other than our own version of the Last Days of the Qing Dynasty.
