Grey Champions and the Election of 2016

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(05-14-2016, 04:27 PM)Bronco80 Wrote:

(05-05-2016, 07:43 PM)Odin Wrote: On the old forum Kinser mentioned that Trump represents the Jacksonian tradition.

This is a really, really good comparison.  Of course, I also think Andrew Jackson is the worst president ever, so...

And to answer the poll question, no, I don't think Trump will be able to become the GC, barring something truly catastrophic that can't be foreseen.  Hillary Clinton I could see, but as I'm not a huge fan of hers I hope it's not her, either, and that the true GC has yet to come until late in this 4T.

Hillary cannot be the GC. She does have the right age of course, but she lacks something that is peculiar to GCs that is they call back to an older order from which the new one will be built. "The spirit of their sires..." portion of the myth.

Since Hillary only can harken back at the earliest to the 2T she cannot be the GC. Trump however, has been calling for isolationism, protectionism, and nationalism all of which the US discarded following WW2--and the very things that made the US capable of being the second mover and shaker of the post-war world order.

As to Andy Jackson, I would counter that the worst thing he ever did was not hanging John C. Calhoun. A regret he expressed himself.