Imagine a Trump from 2016 who actually did all the things the left feared he would. Build the wall, deport everyone, throw everyone in the professional Democratic left in prison, hire a huge swath of the most rabid right wingers you can think of to staff as much of the federal government as they can while they are in office, and exile the civil service who won't do what he wants to some remote, wind swept outpost in Alaska.
He tried to build the wall. His own party stood in his way.
As for the rest, he definitely could have done way more but at some point they'd just kill him so I don't think a populist President can fix this.
Trump may have ran under the Republican label, but it was in no way, shape, or form his party.
Which was the point I was making, that things will eventually get so bad that a real, firebreathing, populist figure will appear from the right, and he really will be everything the left in particular, and the establishment in general, fears.
He tried to build the wall. His own party stood in his way.
As for the rest, he definitely could have done way more but at some point they'd just kill him so I don't think a populist President can fix this.
Trump may have ran under the Republican label, but it was in no way, shape, or form his party.
Which was the point I was making, that things will eventually get so bad that a real, firebreathing, populist figure will appear from the right, and he really will be everything the left in particular, and the establishment in general, fears.
Yeah and then they'll kill him. What then?