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[–]ageingrockstar 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can't be bothered reading a RCP post but, just looking at the headline, Trump is a cause of chaos and in a (very moderately) good way.

I'm not a fan of Trump either but it's very noticeable how much the 'Deep State' is opposed to him. That's because he is not a compliant politician in some ways and because he doesn't play the role of the President in the ways that they want. The election of Trump was a black swam event - outsiders like him aren't meant to defeat the Deep State favourites (Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton, etc) but he did, and in a consummate way. They then sought to undermine his presidency in various ways and are now going to extreme lengths (and we are yet to see the limits of how far they will go), to prevent him getting a second term. This is despite Trump doing most of the things that the Deep State wanted as president, but the fact remains that they couldn't ever be 100% sure of him (as they could be of Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter, etc, etc) and that is not acceptable to the Deep State and the oligarchy, not acceptable at all. They will simply not tolerate a president that goes 'off-script', as Kennedy started to do in the period leading up to his assassination.

So yes, Trump is a cause of some chaos. Doesn't mean I endorse his presidency but it is somewhat amusing to observe how much his election freaked the Deep State out, any yes, brought some chaos into US politics.