The word isn't "can't", quash. It's "won't".
Dracula won't stake himself. Stop being identical to those 11 dimensional chess Obama people.
Are Trump and Obama identical?
If one takes the position that presidents are 100% responsible and in control, and only make bad decisions because they are bad presidents, then it would seem that one's only recourse is to sit back and wait for that perfect candidate (with the correct party affiliation next to their name, of course) to finally get into office. And given the track record, I'm not sure how the electorate would even be able to recognize "the one." Sounds rather defeatist.
We had some people arguing that there is a big difference between Party 1 and Party 2. I don't see how that position could be maintained if every policy that stayed the same under Obama and Trump, despite what was said on the campaign trail, was NOT being influenced by some other entity.
I also recall some talk about reforming a political party "from within." And again I'm pretty sure this plan would require identifying forces that opposed reform, and gaining the favor of individuals throughout the organization, not just one person at the top.
My goal in probing the decision making process is not to exonerate Trump, but to expose the men behind the curtain. Don't forget that everytime Trump questions the previously unquestionable, media can't help themselves but report on it, and people who were quietly propping up the status quo are forced to come out and say why Trump is wrong (and everyone gets a chance to judge whether what they are saying is BS or not)
The results have been, to those who weren't paying attention before, eye opening, to say the least. I'll be eternally grateful to Trump for exposing the media for the sham that it is and getting even the most head in the sand members of society privy to the bullshit we've been fed, even if only in small amounts.
Absolutely. A lot of pundits, media outlets, think tanks, etc. who claimed to be objective and non-partisan suddenly blew their cover and held up their agenda. Meanwhile Congress, corporate media, and tech monopolies are openly conspiring among themselves to censor political speech.