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I posted a bit earlier about a reputable firm based in London called Cambridge Analytica --they did a tremendous amount of work in masterminding the Trumps campaign and analysing target demo. Their key point is that populist messages will always work better. Last year, I said that Trump had about much chance of becoming president as Clinton, if he won the Republican primary. I based this reasoning on the capacity of USA populace to be uninformed in much the same way as they did with the election of GW Bush in 2000. I also saw danger when Clinton fell back to the old cliched Third Way, safe message, and Sanders' populist movement cut off at knees.
Donald Trump said: "I'll Make America Great Again!"
Most people took that to mean America great for White (Male) People Again, however Trump also said things like the Establishment had shipped all of their good-paying jobs overseas and that he, as President, would be bringing them back, said, "Believe me!"
The rust-belt people who had lost their way of life when their jobs went overseas after corp found the labor price was lower there. They believed Trump because they wanted their way of life back. They were hoodwinked into believing in these stuffs --stuffs that will not happened because the corp will not be bringing back these jobs. Clinton lost heavily in these rust-belt sections of USA.
When no jobs became forthcoming in the first year of Trump presidency, there will be some sort of backlash in the rust-belt. Much bigger than the Tea Party. And it'll be more like Krystalnacht (The Night of the Broken Glass) in 1938 Germany.
Good luck with that. All that economic protectionism is going to bring is trade tariffs which will bring inflation which will mean you will be poorer than you were before. People in the UK are starting to realize this post-Brexit with certain items going up in cost and we have not even triggered article 50 yet.
Trump called for a 45 percent tariff on all imports from China. This is where running a country like a business is a bad idea. You do not want to start trade wars. Growth in the World economy could go into serious decline and start another economic depression.
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