2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bit By Bit, Trump is Going to Adopt Bernie's Platform for the General Election. [View all]Meldread
(4,213 posts)Both Hillary and Trump will do whatever it takes to win. If Trump believes adopting an economically populist platform will help him win, he will likely do it. If Hillary feels her chances of becoming President are threatened by that, she will go even further in an economically populist direction than Donald Trump.
Both Hillary and Donald share the same downside on economic issues and Wall Street: They are both perceived as being too pro-business. Hillary, however, has the advantage of not being a racist misogynistic bigot. Donald Trump can adopt as many economically populist positions as he likes, the problem is that no one will believe him (much like no one would believe Hillary if she did it), and he would continue to carry with him the stain of all the shit that's come out of his mouth throughout the primaries as well as whatever verbal diarrhea that he spews in the general election.