[verbify]

> he is an outsider to the established system

He's a billionaire who inherited around $750 million. He didn't pay his taxes. His chief of staff was chairman of the Republican party. His cabinet have a combined net worth of $6 billion. If anyone represents the powers-that-be, he does. If anyone has a glib marketing campaign, it's the Trump presidency in claiming to be 'outsiders'.

And if you think the political system is broken, well, you haven't seen nothing yet.

> how hard the mainstream media is bent on pulling him down

Maybe the media is criticizing him because, you know, he does things that deserve criticism.

[mattmanser]

Just because you're part of one club (business leaders) doesn't make you part of another club (political elite).

America is a very odd place, there's cheerful talk about being the most democratic place in the world, but you have all these really bizarre ruling families who keep winning powerful positions.

It's not normal to have two Bushes, let alone 3 in power in the space of a couple of decades. Or Clintons. Or Kennedys. How can you not look at your own politics and wonder, with 300 odd million, how do the same families keep winning? That the whole thing's not a stacked deck?

It's really weird. To outsiders, there's obviously something deeply corrupt in America where a tiny ruling dynasty keep getting themselves elected. There's a 'queue' and Hilary was at the top because of her connections. SNL even joked before the election that if she wasn't elected, she'd be back next time as it was still her 'turn' to be president.

Trump is not part of that club, that's what he's talking about.

By supporting that corrupt status quo the democrats helped a monster like Trump be elected.

[hueving]

>He's a billionaire who inherited around $750 million

He didn't inherit it with a bunch of strings attached from lobbyists. The Clintons have been pulling money into their foundation leveraging political connections built up over decades. People don't care that he's rich with daddy's money, they care that it's not "decades of political speeches and political fundraising money".

>He didn't pay his taxes

He would be a moron if he didn't pay the legally required amount. The fact that people think taking a loss write-off is some kind of black mark shows how stupid many people really are.

>And if you think the political system is broken, well, you haven't seen nothing yet

You may be right, but many people were voting in a massive change to the system. "drain the swap" was the slogan

[espadrine]

> He didn't inherit it

That is not the point.

Why is Clinton owing the wealthy for their donations a problem? Because it makes her more likely to yield to their demands. Corruption creates a pay-to-win game.

But putting the wealthy in power cuts the middle man, worsening the situation: now they don't even need to provide donations, they are either on the President's cabinet, or are the President himself!

> "drain the swap" was the slogan

Populism at work; there was no need for it to be honest. It is a true issue, but someone that points it out does not automatically become an outsider of the system. He was very much part of the system, and was open about it, bragging about his political donations.

[eli_gottlieb]

>You may be right, but many people were voting in a massive change to the system. "drain the swap" was the slogan

You know who first said, "Drain the swamp"? Benito Mussolini. You know how that turned out?

[vacri]

> People don't care that he's rich with daddy's money, they care that it's not "decades of political speeches and political fundraising money".

They don't care about either of those things. His supporters backed him because he said things they wanted to hear, no matter how outrageous they were.

[belorn]

To take a note from popular culture, I recall how the primary plot of House of cards - season 2, was the difference between power and money. Power is describe as created by favor and influence, while money mostly creates more money.