Today Donald Trump’s convention manager, Paul Manafort, made an appearance on Face The Nation. Manafort discusses the state of the race, the shifts and nudges as the convention framework is shaped, and the ongoing Trump perspective toward Washington DC.
For those who are interested – the discussion behind the discussion. One of the reasons Dickerson keeps bringing up the “lobbyist” issues, is because Dickerson is conducting this interview from the FtN base of operations in Washington DC.
John Dickerson spends all his time surrounded by the business end of politics. The lobbying business is an industry, a massive industry; a billion dollar per year industry. Dickerson’s questions stem from him being hounded by those within the industry trying to understand what is going to happen to their interests, their jobs, their finances.
The Trump candidacy is not simply a threat to the status quo, he’s an existential threat to the entire decades-long construct of politics as a business. This is why you must always frame current events around modern Wall Street interests – the immense associations cannot be cast aside. This is the influence business.
One of the reasons we keep pointing out the Wall Street legislative priorities, and also the reason to keep the C.U decision at the front of the conversation, is because Trump’s candidacy is a thermonuclear shockwave to their cozy creation. Trump is literally, not figuratively, taking down their financial livelihoods.
Even locally, a Donald Trump presidency means real-estate value in Northern Virginia and Washington DC will necessarily plummet…. Multi-million dollar restaurateurs will suffer. Tailors who create $10,000 business suits see their business models disrupted. The downstream consequences are so far beyond the scope of quantification it can be overwhelming to try and contemplate.
This is an isolated community. They were immune to the recession of ’08/’09. They are completely isolated and have no fundamental grasp on what’s going on “out here”.
The average players, AVERAGE PLAYERS, within this economic bubble paid $5k each last year to have their Christmas Trees decorated, and $10k to $50k for simple whole house décor.
This is the reality behind the people asking John Dickerson: “what’s going to happen“?
No earth shattering adjective is misplaced in this equation.
