Re: US Election 2016
Let's get real here - neither Trump nor Clinton are poor. Far from it. IMHO Trump's appeal is largely due to the loathing of many US citizens for establishment figures like Clinton, Bush etc. who come from the right families and have had the odds stacked up in their favour. It's a bit like the rise of UKIP here. People may see the party's current issues and Farage's departure as terminal but what they fail to see is the huge animosity towards the traditional parties that's been allowed to fester and grow within large sections of society which is what led to UKIP's popularity. Trump, like UKIP/Farage, is a symptom of what's gone wrong over decades and unless things change that anti-establishment sentiment will continue to grow and if Trump doesn't get in this time it'll be someone similar next time.
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