re: #83 steve_davis

the thing i find most sad about Trump is how different his presidency could have been, even as a Republican. he could have turned out to be one of those old-school machine politicians of the first half of the twentieth century—outspoken, but sharp as whip; mildly corrupt by necessity, but with the best interests of the country and the populace at heart. Even if he’d been the reincarnation of Huey Long, with his proto-fascist tendencies, Long was at heart a socialist who rightly despised the Big Money interests in Louisiana. He would have been dangerous if he’d become president, but he likely wouldn’t have just been thoroughly incompetent. IMagine how different our view of Trump would be if his outspokenness was pitched towards reigning in the monied class and making life better for working families.

He has always been a grifter; that just wasn’t in the cards.