Thursday, January 21, 2016

How the Republican Establishment Bought Trump to Spite Conservatives and Cruz

It’s a shame that many people have fallen for the idea that Donald Trump is an outsider. His inexperience in public office belies his true deal-making skills and penchant for political expediency. This became clear with his proposed expansion of liberal subsidies in Iowa. Of course he suddenly supports expanding subsidies. He’ll have plenty of time to reverse it after the Iowa caucus. That’s the smart thing to do, principles be damned. It’s the way of a political insider.

Any discerning, conscientious will see this after 30 minutes of research into his history. I’m not talking about his long history of supporting liberal policies. I’m talking about his history since announcing he’s running for President. He says what he thinks the people want to hear. His policies change more rapidly than anyone currently running for the Republican nomination. Just take a look at his stances (plural) on Afghanistan:

Trump on Afghanistan

We’ll put the flip-flopping aside for a moment. You won’t convince a Trump supporter that he’s a flip-flopper because he said he’s going to build a wall and he hasn’t wavered on that concept. Instead of attempting the impossible, let’s look at how the rest of the Republican Establishment is handling him now:

The Republican Establishment is learning to love Trump…

…as such, they’re ganging up on Ted Cruz…

…and he is well aware of it…

Before anyone comes out and says something silly like, “teaming up with the Republican Establishment is a good thing,” don’t. It’s not a valid argument. The Republican Establishment that gave us John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, and Paul Ryan, who then gave President Obama everything he wants, knows that they don’t have an ideal pick with Donald Trump but at least they have a liberal.

Some might even wonder why they haven’t gotten in bed with him already if they like his policies so much. The answer is clear: they don’t think he can win in the general election. Very few people outside of his own supporters think that he would even have a chance and the magic polls that he always promotes bear this out very clearly. Now, they realize he’s their only chance of keeping a conservative out of the White House and ending their false domination over Republican doctrine.

In Iowa, Trump is heading where the political insider winds take him. That means cozying up to the governor….

His supporters will say that he’s so rich that he can’t be bought. His actions in recent days clearly demonstrate that he absolutely can be bought, just not with cash. His currency is much more dangerous. He’s getting bought with favors by the Republican Establishment and that’s even worse than a bribe. It turns his policies to the left as we’ve now seen with liberal Iowa subsidies. His credibility is completely lost.



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