(01-06-2017, 04:59 PM)SomeGuy Wrote: Remember, I did say that he doesn't have to be a good president in order to be a transformational one. Once that order is gone, hey, it's gone, and the 1T would just be picking up the pieces in its wake. Which was one of the outcomes outlined in T4T.
Presidents who come in after triggers are transformational--a 4T is beginning--Hoover was transformational. The hand he was dealt sucked so bad it was virtually unplayable and so he and his party lost. The problem is that unless there is a catastrophe, elites will not perceive that they have a problem and so have no incentive to cooperate in a fix But if there is a catastrophe on your watch then you are fucked, as Hoover was. It's a Catch 22.
The guy who comes in as part of a regeneracy inherits a serious problem (for elites) that did not happen on his watch. Even if he fails to solve it like FDR in his first term or Obama in his, he can still gain re-election.
Trump's problem is he is coming in at a top, like Hoover.