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The Uncertain Future and the American Election
I want to say something simple about Clinton and Trump as President, and about the future this election cycle presages.
With Clinton you know pretty much what you’re going to get. She has a track record: she’s a neo-liberal, neo-conservative. She’ll throw the left some bones, especially on identity politics issues, but basically she’s the status quo candidate. Slightly to the left of Obama on domestic issues but well within the neoliberal consensus, significantly to his right on foreign policy issues.
Trump has issues he keeps hitting again and again. Trade and immigration are the big ones. Generally Trump looks at most issues as profit-loss statements. “Is America winning from this trade deal? Is America spending more on NATO than it is worth”. But Trump’s said a lot of things, and his track record from private business says less about how he’ll run things than one might like, especially as his long term strategy is to “hire the best people”, and who knows who those will be?
With Clinton you know pretty much what you’re going to get. She has a track record: she’s a neo-liberal, neo-conservative. She’ll throw the left some bones, especially on identity politics issues, but basically she’s the status quo candidate. Slightly to the left of Obama on domestic issues but well within the neoliberal consensus, significantly to his right on foreign policy issues.
Trump has issues he keeps hitting again and again. Trade and immigration are the big ones. Generally Trump looks at most issues as profit-loss statements. “Is America winning from this trade deal? Is America spending more on NATO than it is worth”. But Trump’s said a lot of things, and his track record from private business says less about how he’ll run things than one might like, especially as his long term strategy is to “hire the best people”, and who knows who those will be?
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