Yeah, but remember - part of what makes the kook element think Trump is a “socialist” is the fact that he wants border security.
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Nonsense it is his calls for the government to provide healthcare for all, expanding drug benefits. He is a crony capitalist who believes in government seizing property to benefit the rich.
His belief in central planning for ‘solutions’ to problems, it is in every speech, he is going to get the ‘smartest’ people in to solve problems. He thinks that the people in charge are failing because they are “dumb”. He misses the point the problem is faith in central planning and a top down approach to problem rather than looking to individual freedom and ‘solutions’ that derive from the marketplace of ideas.
Trump believes that only the ‘smart guys’ like him and his buddies can provide the ideas to solve problems. This is an approach used by socialist.
His flip flops and numerous liberal positions over the years makes me think his populism is a matter of convenience.
“Progressive” is a better term than “socialist” for the concept that a gov’t of experts can solve all the world’s problems. “We just need the right experts and for them to be unfettered with power.”