The Terrible Truth So Many Experts Missed About Russia

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13. No they do not.

It was one of the things that "appealed" to some voters in 2016, that he was an "outsider", which I always thought was a dumb idea. Trump is a man who actually is an outsider, in that he has stood outside the norms of "polite society". No one ever really wanted him around. He did not fit in with the Real Estate set in New York, nor with "High Society". He did not fit in with the typical Celebrity culture in Hollywood, etc... People knew who he was and there were some relations with other big names, but he was just that guy who had money and hung around. Trump however, is an "insider" when it comes to using the system to enrich himself. He was never really an "outsider" in the vein that Bernie Sanders was or someone like Ross Perot was in the 90's. Trump is just a cheat. He is a crook. A vulger man without any class who appealed to other vulgar people without class.

He exploited the feelings of people who feel left out of the prosperity that the US claims, even though Trump was NEVER going to help anyone to achieve anything. Much like Putin right now. Putin does not care what happens to Ukrainians or to Russians. This is about what is good for Putin.

There is some validity to populism, but it can be easily exploited by people with no ethics or morals. Sometimes, the systems in place, do not work for everyone and people feel angry that they are left out. They can be manipulated by people seeking power like Putin and Trump.