Party or country?

[Dill]

(07-15-2017, 07:52 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: The issue is one that both parties engage in. We are seeing it in full effect from the GOP right now. As for Trump, I understand why he had the popularity he did. The problem is that he never was an outsider. He was part of the elite that has been pulling the strings of politicians for decades. People thought that his lack of previous position in the government made him an outsider but it only makes him inexperienced and naive as to how it all works. He ran on a populist message but does not support a populist agenda. He has a hard time with any agenda because his administration has been ineffective and filled with distractions caused by a lack of experience in those around him.

There is a need for experience in elected officials, and Trump has shown us that.

He hasn't shown everyone that. Most of his base don't see inexperience and incompetence. They think--or say they think--that he is effective. For them, 80% of positions still unfilled at the State Department portends no harm at all. And they still think that Hillary would have been "far worse" in some undefined sense.

"Both parties" are not overlooking Trump's vulgarity and incompetence. Only one is, and only 80% of that one. Both parties are not broken, or if they are, not in the same sense or to the same degree.

I completely agree with you that Trump is not an "outsider" in the sense most of his base thinks he is, though if he was ever a string puller, it was mostly at the very local level. He belongs to the 1% fighting above all for lower taxes on the rich.