Why is the establishment allowing Trump to destroy the country

[jambo101]

Hes making America look like a fool on the world stage, hes ignoring trade deals made in good faith ,hes doing everything he can to accommodate the rich while screwing the poor, he lies incessantly.,His base are a bunch of dangerous morons who have been conditioned to view Democrats as an enemy of America. He's trashed the media,the DOJ/FBI/CIA/NSA, This guy is a crude troll who IMO is an embarrassment to America.

[stonecutter357]

1. what establishment ?

[JI7]

2. if it was up to the "Establishment" he would not be president . not sure why "establishment"

was considered bad by some. but i have an idea. the thought of a system and culture that made it possible for a black to become president and a woman to succeed him was just too terrible for some . so they sided with the russian hack .

trump supporter loyalty is white supremacy.

[pansypoo53219]

3. RATINGS! they know blood is coming. OOH! GOLDEN SQUIRREL!

[sunonmars]

4. Simple they want an oligarchy country

What they fail to grasp is Trump would Putin them and only allow them to be wealthy with his permission. It’s completely mad

[democratisphere]

5. drumpf is a psychopath. drumpf doesn't care about anything except

himself and some of the members of his family. drumpf has no conscience and no remorse about destroying our entire nation. As long as drumpf remains in office, he will continue to wreak havoc and chaos and destruction on everything in the US of A. Members of Congress are wholly supporting his agenda which will ultimately lead to their own demise. His insane base will attempt to protect him at all costs. The political majority establishment has sold their souls to drumpf, fox propoganda network and the Russians, among many others, to support their greed and hatred of almost anything that is not white. America is in a shambles and it will take many decades to fix it, if it can be fixed at all.

[lastlib]

6. They want to pick up the pieces...

...at fire-sale prices. Remember how dRumpf said he would profit ftom the Great Recession? Buy all the distressed real estate at fire-sale prices, hold it til the market recovered, sell it at enormous profit? This will be their chance to do the same thing to the entire economy.

[Mc Mike]

7. The section of the power elite that backs D rump wants fascism,

a totalitarian dictator, martial law. Complete control.

[BigBearJohn]

8. Here is your answer.

[salin]

12. yep.

The ultimate con - illusions sold wrapped up in greed.

Oh - and the naked racism and bitter twitter baiting as a bonus.

[spike91nz]

9. we cannot let this become the new normal

I understand that there is in some populations a cynical belief that we, the public, will eventually become accustomed to the Trump style, much like we became accustomed to Bush. But there are some things we cannot grow to tolerate without losing our identity as a democratic republic. We cannot become accustomed to this traitor, or to the extensive corruption of the mechanics of our elections which he has facilitated. We cannot become tolerant to this political abomination anymore than we should become tolerant of rape, racism or child abuse. It is not only what we stand for that defines our character, but, also, what we are compelled to stand against. There are simply some crimes we cannot ever permit ourselves to grow to accept as the "new normal."

[nolabels]

10. Because the alternative for them is also worse, admitting their choice, in the long run is a failure

Today's establishment doesn't care what happens just as long as people in mass do not have any control over any of it.

I am optimistic that when that big failure comes it comes not to the benefit or the liking of the so-called establishment. We now have means and technology to have a REAL people's revolution and democracy. Something inserting in the correct key is all it will take

[Farmer-Rick]

11. Because they are making money off it

Just like Mitt Romney making money off buying up working corporations then destroying them, selling off any assets, firing everyone and pocketing any fees he can charge the corporation.

It's a common model of capitalism. Making money off of destruction of working assets. With enough capital, you buy up any corportion, strip it down and sell it off for parts.

It's just more destructive when it's done to an entire country but the Koch brothers are happy. Look at the asstes they are "selling" to the uber rich: Parks, federal lands, mining and drilling rights, all sorts of taxes and fee give aways, working infrastructure, even destroying entire agenecies that prevent the uber rich from destroying average people and their livelihoods. It's a giant yard sale of US assets and you are not invited.

And also, capitalism is much more efficient in a poor and submissive dictatorship or totalitarian country. Just look at China.

[oberliner]

13. The country is fine

He can't destroy it - we are stronger than that.

[enough]

14. The Trump administration is carrying out all the policies the Republicans have been

lusting after for decades. This has never been a secret. He is doing exactly what they have always said they want. Making it easier for corporations to make money in the US and abroad, supresssing the votes of non-white citizens, keeping women down, expanding military spending, selling off public lands, etc. etc.

They are as much a part of the establishment as anybody else, maybe more so.