02-11-2016, 08:09 PM
Tracy Riddle Wrote:R.K. Locke Wrote:Tracy Riddle Wrote:The national security elite can't really want Trump with his Russian ties and unstable personality to be President. Hillary is clearly their candidate. I'm not really sure what's going on anymore.
Do you believe that there is simply one national security elite, united in its goals and preferences?
No, but what faction would want Trump to be president, and for what reason?
The million dollar question. I don't think it's necessarily the case that they want Trump. It is very clear, however, that they don't want Hillary.
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― Leo Tolstoy,
― Leo Tolstoy,