(10-20-2021, 10:27 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(10-20-2021, 10:18 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: The compromise was gone before Trump, Mikey. He is the mirror that made America take a look at itself. He showed us the left is unwilling to give an inch, because they are accountable to no one. He showed us the right is close to breaking, because they feel like they are losing their voice. He showed us that there is an establishment class that cares more about power than anything else. He showed us that our institutions can be weaponized against us. He showed us we have a media that is unworthy of trust. He showed us that we care more about comfort than accountability and more about words than action.

True, Obama also had a role in making compromise impossible.  I still say it was within Trump's power to reverse that.  He could have been the next Roosevelt.  He just needed to have enough couth, class, and self sacrifice to get bigger majorities in Congress and get the wheels more unstuck.  In the end Trump didn't want to actually transform any aspect of government or society.  He just wanted adulation and prestige, and he couldn't tolerate losing either to Biden.