Who actually runs the government? Serious question. Who? I honestly don't know. Are any of the people we get pamphlets from in the mail, asking us to vote for them, really who they say they are? Any? If so, how many? A few? A lot? Half? Who are they beholding to? How many are bought and paid for before they enter office? How much influence comes from within the US, and how much from outside? Is it really possible that ‘any child’ can grow up to become President of the US, or is it all about connections and money? I look at the Trump candidacy, and irrespective of whether or not you like him, the fact is that he is putting himself out there for the American public to evaluate, but the establishment of the Republican party is trying to circumvent this process. Is that the way the system now works? Do our opinions actually matter?
Obama appears to think, or maybe is certain, that he can do what he wants, irrespective of those checks and balances we thought were in place. What exactly is the truth?
"Obama appears to think, or maybe is certain, that he can do what he wants, irrespective of those checks and balances we thought were in place.
What exactly is the truth?" I believe the US Government is controlled by a consortium of very wealthy leftist individuals, wealthy powerful liberal business groups/companies (some of them overseas), liberal lawyers, and racial minority social pressure groups and the liberal American media. The only people who don't have a say in the US government are US citizens who happen to be white conservative and Christians and who happen to be the majority of people in the country.