Donald Trump?

Donald Trump is leading in some polls to be the Republican nominee for President. in many ways Donald Trump is considered a joke, a parody of himself. However one thing is certain. He has the ability and the money to tap into a vein of strong discontent.

I wish that Trump would not have policies that seem to be so changable depending on the way the wind blows. Ten years ago he advocated single payer health care and a one time millionaries tax to pay down our debt. Now seeking Republican votes he wants to repeal Obamacare, and says no new taxes. He also is on the birther wagon now. I wish that Obama would just show the certificate but I also hear that no one in Hawaii can get them as they are all electronic. Something rings odd here but I do not lose sleep over it.

The issue that makes Trump to me have a populist appeal is when he says things that many of my friends both from the right and left agree with. When Trump says that we should have kept the oil fields from Iraq in payment for deposing their dictator, that we should put a 25 percent tariff on all goods from China ( my personal favorite) or pull our troops from protecting Saudi Arabia unless they give us a strong discount on oil er must realize these have strong appeal.

Are they realistic. I do not know. But to a generation raised with America as the worlds power and now feeling like we are diminished daily the idea of a tougher, stronger, our way or the highway has great appeal.

Obama is all about nuance. There is no nuance to Trump. Can he win. No, probably not. But the questions he poses are valid? Why does the United States save the world and what do we get out of it. Some oil WOULD be a good place to start.