Quote Originally Posted by Lullapie View Post
I too, wasn't a Trump supporter initially. I only knew of him as property developer and wealthy businessman. I didn't even know that he had a TV programme.

For years I felt that there was a separation between the working person and the government though. I felt it in when I lived the UK and I feel it where I live now.

Trump came along and shook up the establishment. On top on that, being an entrepreneur he knew how to get things done. That really resonated with me and I can now see entirely why and how he does things. It kind of turned on a light.

The small minded bigots that berate him, in my opinion, either have a vested interest in bleeding their country dry, as we saw in the US before the last US election (and currently see with the USAID driven protests in LA and other US cities) or they are too lazy to do in-depth research into what he has achieved and how it was done, so just parrot speak and repeat what the former are telling them.

That is what winds me up more than anything - the laziness of debate. No proof, no facts, just regurgitated left-wing garbage (as the Americans would say).
You are of course entitled to interpret his career as you see it. I see a man who was given a property company by his Dad, and who went on to have several ventures file for bankruptcy. Not exactly an average Joe made good.
He may not be stellar at selling real estate, but what I can credit him with is an incredible ability to sell himself. And that's what he's done politically. The Americans seem to like big egos in a way Brits just can't get their head around.

I am curious as to how far the cult of Trump can take him. We already know the playbook. Rules are for others. Create chaos and use it to your advantage. Never acknowledge weakness or blame If things go wrong. If he follows through on most of what he's proposing, things could go very wrong economically but it will be someone else's fault. Someone will be called 'horrible' and 'nasty'.

But will the public swallow it? Can he take them with him? Or will they realise his worst nightmare and decide he's the one thing he'd despise most of all. A loser.