The greatest trick Donald Trump pulled was convincing voters he'd be "anti-establishment."

Well, maybe not the greatest trick. But in a campaign full of cons, it has to rank close to the top. This was near the heart of Trump's appeal to the disaffected and disempowered:

Send me to Washington, and that "establishment" you've been hearing so much about? We'll blow it up, send it packing, punch it right in the face, and when it's over the government will finally be working for you again. And the people who voted for Trump bought it. After all, he's no politician, right? He's an outsider, a glass-breaker, a guy who can cut out the bull and get things done. Right?

But the idea that he would do this was based on a profound misunderstanding of what the establishment actually is, and who Donald Trump is.

Here's a report on Trump's transition from Eric Lipton of the New York Times:

“President-elect Donald J. Trump, who campaigned against the corrupt power of special interests, is filling his transition team with some of the very sort of people who he has complained have too much clout in Washington: corporate consultants and lobbyists.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/article114384133.html#storylink=cpy

Last edited by Just Fred (11/13/2016 8:29 am)