I agree. As I said before (in a deleted thread on smug liberals), I think Trump will be mostly bad. His domestic policies will/would be disastrous. Not unlike most Republican presidents.

My point is, if the US were more democratic and the federal government wasn't so powerful, influenced by lobbyists and unaware of what people's problems are, it wouldn't have come to this.

Bernie Sanders would have won the primaries and probably the presidency. Even so, Congress would have prevented him from implementing any or most of his plans.

Trump is more of a Democrat than most Republicans, in some ways. He's crazy but not stupid.

That he's one of us doesn't mean he admits it. Many if not most with NPD (or, less so, BPD and many other PDs; anything chronic near-psychotic) don't. But any Republican would have done away with Obamacare. Even so, non-discrimination and other restrictions to what insurance companies can do are what's really important. Forcing people to be insured only raises premiums because it diminishes your bargaining power.

Only state insurance is a real and cost-effective solution, much like what Sanders proposed. Obamacare is as with all Third Way, (neo)liberal compromises: the government ends up paying lots of money to private, big companies without being/feeling responsible for the costs, by design. It's trickery and politicians without any business acumen fall for it. So hopefully Trump doesn't and he will take responsibility. If he sees government as a business, he will try to get the best deal. That could be bad for many big companies.

It can't be much worse. I for one, like to see a genuinely "crazy" person elected, not a bean-counting robot who is gullible or corrupt enough to fund big businesses using tax-payer's money.