TRUMP PHENOMENON? GOP AVANDONS BASE, TRUMP SWEEPS THEM UP
Over the last four decades the GOP has systematically abandoned the working classes, and middle America. These are the Republicans that Trump is now sweeping up like flies into his new "Trump Coalition". Over those years the GOP elites, under the control of the mega donor class, continued to feed the nation and middle class workers on whose votes they really depended the Reagan myth of "trickle down" and "voo do" economics. This is the weak gruel--which stated: "a rising tide floats all boats", and "just cut regulation on the fat cats to free up the economy and jobs will appear", or "cut taxes and the social expenditures (you folks really depend on)" so as to give more money to the investor class...so as to stimulate economic growth. The people fell for these fairy tales for a while. But as Lincoln said..."you can fool some of the people some of the time"....but after the Great Recession, the bank and Wall Street bailouts, and in the last years the massive redistribution of wealth to the top one percent----that time is over now.
Since the Great Recession of 2007-2008 and the uneven recovery (with almost all the benefits going to the wealthy) the TRUTH has become all too clear to working men and women. It is now fully apparent to them how money has corrupted the system. It is clear that fat cats now control the Party by means of massive amounts of donor money. Big donors and powerful interests set the agenda of the GOP, consequently the Party supports only the interests of a small minority of the wealthy....some of whom are single issue donors with strong emotional ties to foreign nations. These latter donors distort foreign policy priorites. The GOP has abandoned their real base--American working citizens and American interests for a small minority of super wealthy donors.
Trump has tapped into this disaffected constituency, voters the Party desperately needs for electoral success. Trump's recent nomination election successes, his strong poll numbers, and the massive and wildly supportive crowds he attracts reveal his wide and deep appeal. His appeal is simple. He is going to bring back the old Republican Party. He states his main goals clearly. He is going to bring back the jobs from China and Mexico. The elites keep peddling their weak myth about cutting taxes, regulation and spending...vague promises and talking points that they take from their donors with the thick envelopes of cash. Donald's message, freed from the corrupting control of the mega donors---hits the mark and rings true. The corruption of money and the abandonment of a large swaths of the electorate are the underlying cause for Mr. Trump's appeal.
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