La Costa, CA
\nNovember 20, 2016<\/p>\n
by Rich Scheck<\/p>\n
The 2016 election represented a personal triumph for Donald Trump. But in
\naddition to his victory at the polls over Hillary Clinton, it appears he has created
\na new political party……what I would label the American Populist Party.<\/p>\n
This makes him a political entrepreneur in the spirit of his other successes in Trump did something truly extraordinary over the last 18 months: first he took I believe this unique accomplishment constitutes the culmination of over 40 years In the past I wanted Pat Buchanan to join with Ralph Nader in 2000 or Ron Paul Those efforts all failed but by 2010, the Tea Party Right and Occupy Left were Enter The Donald: by 2016, the level of resentment had reached new levels. With To the extent Trump represented a huge bloc of disgruntled voters—Tea party + Occupy + Independents—his success as a so-called Republican really was more of a Ron Paul\/Ross Perot\/JesseVentura type populist victory culminating decades of voter frustration.<\/p>\n I supported Perot in 1992 and wanted Jesse Ventura to run this year. Had Bernie Sanders accepted Jill Stein’s invitation to run as the Green Party nominee, None of that happened. Instead, Trump forged ahead, shooting from the hip, making What he achieved is a highly imperfect vision of my dream of a new party with a limited Is Trump as truly independent as the Washington Post article suggests or rather than I find some of his advisors and cabinet selections troubling. But there is little reason to Whether his populist legacy will endure in the form of a newly constituted party built As a real estate developer used to building impressive new structures, this political Related articles:<\/p>\n https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=20365<\/a><\/p>\n
\nthe world of business. By building on the previous efforts of such recent
\npolitical figures as Ross Perot, Ron Paul, Bernie Sanders and Jesse Ventura ,
\nTrump was able to orchestrate the widespread outrage of millions of disaffected
\nvoters into a unified chorus that now has him as president elect.
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\nover the Republican Party by dispatching the Bush Dynasty and the other
\nmainstream candidates during the primaries. Then he went on to defeat the
\nDemocratic machine of the Clintons and the twice elected President Obama
\nwho lent Hillary his full backing.<\/p>\n
\nof efforts by those who have labored to unify the left and right around a narrow
\nagenda to forge a transpartisan movement designed to replace the two corrupt
\nmainstream parties. https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=32281<\/a><\/p>\n
\nto work with Dennis Kucinich in 2004 to make inroads into the entrenched bases
\nof the Democrats and Republicans. That made me a political entrepreneur:
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\nbecoming even more restless. Ron Paul and Bernie Sanders did their parts to
\nempower these diverse groups but failed to find the proper formula to unite them.<\/p>\n
\nestablishment darling Hillary Clinton using the DNC to steal the nomination from the
\nhapless Sanders and with Trump being able to achieve a hostile takeover on the
\nRepublican side by himself, the stage was set for a populist victory.<\/p>\n
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\nI would have supported him: https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39820<\/a><\/p>\n
\nmany politically incorrect pronouncements and completely alienating the establishments
\nof both parties………all to the delight of the outraged masses who ate up his belligerence
\nand irreverence.<\/p>\n
\nagenda. But if he can keep us from going to war with Russia, eliminate or at least diminish
\nour propensity for regime change interventions, oppose TPP and restore our civil liberties while rejuvenating the economy, he will earn the respect of a grateful America and have achieved a big chunk of my vision for the American Peace Party.<\/p>\n
\na more nuanced version of traditional candidates who relied on the rhetoric of
\ndissatisfaction to win office? It is difficult to say at this early stage.<\/p>\n
\ndoubt that on some level he is truly unique, a genuine populist and independent voice
\nfor the masses.<\/p>\n
\non the ashes of the other two remains to be seen. But my clear sense is that he
\nhas laid the foundation for that to happen in the future.<\/p>\n
\nentrepreneur may have constructed a new edifice that might last for generations.
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