[Steely Tom]

I know a very very smart investor in the northeast who believes exactly this. And this guy is not ideological at all. He sees politics as a game played at one level, and he plays at a different level, with large amounts of money.

I don't know much about the details of that situation, but remember it all revolved around big NYC investment banks and hedge funds. I really don't think Trump has any reason to say other than what he sees as the truth, and I'm willing to concede that Trump knows more about the nuts and bolts of what went down than I know, or ever could know.

He's not trying to position himself as an uber-Republican. The GOP doesn't have that much to recommend it, frankly, at this point in time. To most people the GOP is Mitch McConnell and John Boner. Trump should get out in front of those guys and say "I'm with them" ? I don't think so.

[wenn]

EXACTLY.... Trump is defining what the GOP should look like.

the UBER Republicans turned out to be butt boys for the banks, multis, and Wall St.

We Need a Teddy Roosevelt, Main St Republican. Period.