So now he’s hiring all these strategists and lobbyists with deep ties to the Republican party. He’s not going establishment on us over here is he?
What do you mean ‘us’?
Umm, they gotta have worked for some party - and helped candidates win - or they would not be worth (experience and track record) hiring. Would you be happier he hire Dem strategists?
Trump is taking over the establishment. They now work for him, not the other way around. Don’t forget that the term ‘establishment’ is a broad term that refers to donors, lobbyists, consultants, media and politicians who are united by a common interest in maintaining the status quo. Having said that, the establishment is not some monolith. Consultants work for a paycheck.
Consultants like this guy will be the first to jump ship, because they are the least invested in the system. Ultimately they are employees with a certain expertise, and if they have to change jobs and work for a new boss, it’s not as big a deal for them as for other segments of the establishment.
The donors and the politicians are the main driving force of the establishment. The whole construct is based on their symbiotic relationship. Other elements of the establishment, such as media, lobbyists, and consultants, while they may have a personal and financial attachment to ‘the establishment’, are more peripheral. The essential defining force of the establishment is the donor/politician axis.