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Political outsider doesnt mean anti-establishment. Trump is clearly anti-establishment. Macron was pro-eu.

• tradersam 9y ago
  I think it has been proven Trump isn't actually anti-establishment, that was just a lie he used during the campaign.
  • sangnoir 9y ago
    Has it been proven? One of his advisers is on the record stating that the cabinet was chosen to "deconstruct the administrative state"[1], and Trump proceeded to appoint individuals (at least 2 by my reckoning) with beliefs contrary to the missions of the agencies they lead. 1. http://fortune.com/2017/02/25/bannon-trump-cabinet-cpac/ http://fortune.com/2017/02/25/bannon-trump-cabinet-cpac/
    • ZeroGravitas 9y ago
      I guess it depends on whether you think the EPA, and public schooling, have traditionally helped or hindered the "establishment". If you think wars for oil in the mid-east etc. are what the establishment wants, then the scientists at the EPA are a threat to that. If you think the establishment are Al Gore and his fellow communist hoaxers, then wrecking the EPA is an anti-elitists move.
    • tradersam 9y ago
      True, he appointed terrible people to the head of some important organizations. Dismantling them could be labeled "anti-establishment" but if they were a net win for humanity and kill/downsizing is a net win for business, that is clearly the establishment trope of pandering to big business.
  • BatFastard 9y ago
    Trump seems to be Pro-Trump, anything else is just convenience or political favor.
• orf 9y ago
  Trump is not anti-establishment at all.