[ofalkaed]

I am always amazed at how election season news can make me hate "news" even more than I normally do. What does this matter? It doesn't matter, at least it shouldn't. Trump played the same stupid game that Clinton played in 2016, pandering to their party to affect "change" and blurring the line between politician and celebrity which I can not see as a good thing. Divide and conquer until the division is absolute and no one wins.

[scarface74]

How did Hillary talk about “change”? Clinton was the definition of status quo, business as usual and basically a vote for her was a continuation of the past 8 years.

I am not interested in arguing whether that was good or bad.

[anonymouskimmer]

Six of those years were with a Republican majority in either the house, senate, or both.

This is a game both parties play. If they're in power with a full sweep, it's not long enough to effect all of the changes they want, so they'll need more time. If they aren't in power with a full sweep, then they can't make all of the changes they want to make.

[afavour]

“Trump played the same game Clinton did in 2016 by appealing for change” is only slightly different to “Trump played the same game Clinton did in 2016 by announcing a candidacy and asking for votes”. All candidates pledge change of some variety.

They were both radically different candidates. And they certainly didn’t blend celebrity and politics in the same way: Clinton was in the senate for two terms before she ran!