Mustang
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I would advise people to look at some of the great demagogues of history. Sure, there were the true believers who believed everything their leader said. As such, the leader new he could say anything and people would believe. Later on, it would become dangerous to openly question the leader.
Other people felt that they were a part of something larger than themselves. They came to believe that they were part of a movement. In such cases, an "us versus them" mentality takes over. You can see it everywhere in society from loyalty to rival pro sports team fans to loyalty to rival street gangs.
Trump can, and quite obviously will, say whatever he pleases regardless of how much or how little truth is associated with his statements. His entire life bears out that fact. However, although there is always a possibility that Trump may succeed as president, in my humble opinion, Trump will ultimately fail for 3 reasons.
The first reason is that he promises far TOO much (like what will replace Obamacare with will both be cheaper AND better than Obamacare), and he won't be able to deliver on his promises.
The second reason is that Trump is extremely undisciplined and is therefore his own worst enemy. As such, he's far less interested in the job at hand than he is on how he's perceived and what kind of press coverage he receives. In other words, he's a fundamentally flawed person who's unsuited to the job which naturally comes with more criticism than the average person would care to receive. So, how is a hypersensitive person supposed to handle it?
The third reason is that he's intentionally a divider. To clarify that statement, both Bush and Obama campaigned on being uniters, and while they both failed at the attempt, they didn't thrive on division and creating conflict. Trump does.
