To my thinking, this author gives Trump too little credit for his insight. The democrats missed what was happening to the middle class working folk, to be sure.
They also missed the fact that the people have had immigration concerns since 1965 without a discussion of who should be invited to come and live and work here. In more recent times the people have simply walked in and started taking jobs and entitlements without the slightest thought to assimilation. This is a discussion we finally stood up and demanded.
I believe Trump has taken the right approach, criminals first, a solid barrier to entry, verification of the right to work here, and down the road, the right to evaluate those who have met the test of assimilation and hence, the right to become residents. (But at the end of the line, behind the ones who came here first and followed the rules.
Obama could also have eased the job situation a little at the cost of some of his ideological purity. How much would it have hurt to continue to mine coal, frack on public land, and build a pipeline or two? The environmentalists would have objected and perhaps not even understood, but he could have found a way to appease them and put a lot of people back to work.
Obama also could have clamped down on the secret email system (which he was aware of) and the pay for play in the Foundation (which he should have been aware of). This would not have made a dent in the Clinton’s millions, but could have kept her legal enough to win the election.
Now lets not forget the supreme court, we needed to get involved with Trump and he made all the right choices — including providing some names. This will go a long way toward the maintenance of our constitutional Bill of Rights. Who said that freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and the right to bare arms were not about to go away. Oh, and Trump is not going to end the right of the states to permit gay marriage or self funded abortion, it is not going to be something that the left really needs to fret about.
There are plenty of things that the democratic party could have done besides looking down their noses at us Trump supporters and calling us every name in the book. None of which really apply to Trump IMO. They made so many mistakes that they deserve the restructuring issues they will have for the next several years. Now get out of the way and let the GOP keep some campaign promises.
“There are plenty of things that the democratic party could have done besides looking down their noses at us Trump supporters and calling us every name in the book.”
I believe a lot of Trump support came as a result of cultural issues. People have had it up to their ears with all the propaganda organs and their enforcement of political correctness. Trump eviscerated both the media and PC, and he got the biggest applause when he was doing so.
Here’s a clip from Milo Yiannopoulos giving voice to those sentiments in his very inimitable way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu5_m2PHIZg
The democrats caused what was happening to the middle class!