Who knows Trump best? This guy:
Al Sharpton.
I don't mean that Sharpton knows Trump the best PERSONALLY. But Sharpton knows what Trump is all about.
When Trump became the nominee, I laughed at people who said that he would help only the mega-rich, his "friends."
Those people knew nothing about Trump. The mega-wealthy DESPISE Trump. They find him gauche and clownish.
And Al Sharpton understood that.
In response to the notion that Trump would help only the rich, Sharpton said, "You're dreaming! Trump is a guy from Queens."
I knew that too. Trump is a guy from 1963 Queens. Yet he's up to date and hip.
The idea that Trump would help only people who despise him is utterly laughable. I knew what Trump would do.
He'd help the people who had been SCREWED by government - the government that the mega-wealthy buy and sell at will.
The majority of the mega-wealthy ARE NOT string-pullers in Washington. All it takes is a few.
But Al Sharpton and I knew that THIS is what Trump thinks: "The rich are fine. It's time to help the people in the middle. They've been getting it in the neck for decades."
There's no Great Society for the middle class. I knew that Trump would arrange it so that WE OURSELVES could captain our own ships.
He would "dismantle the administrative state" as Steve Bannon said.
When you're a billionaire, you have to be careful. How do you know who's real and who's just trying to use you?
Trump is unique in that he's a billionaire with a common touch. A guy from Queens.
And he's never said that. "I haven't forgotten my roots! I'm just a regular Joe like you!"
He would never condescend to people that way. Trump presents himself as who he is, and accepts people for who they are.
Yes, Trump uses schtick as strategic deception. But the real man shines through time and time again.
He is indeed a guy from Queens. And that's why he's not impressed with The Process. He cares only about results. Period.