All Trump can do is create an environment where WE make America Great Again. He cant do it. He can get government and socialism out of the way. Time will tell on that. In the meantime, I can say that I am more enthusiastic about the USA than I was when Hillary was running.

When Hillary used her super delegate advantage to dump Sanders, he should have abandoned the Democratic party for good. Both Sanders and Trump were against the corruption, but Sanders bolted and went for Hillary. I lost all respect for him at that point.

It seems to me Sanders campaigned for Hillary. Did I miss something?

We shouldnt trust Sanders at ALL. He is not loyal to Trump or anyone really. A snake in the grass socialist.

Sanders is a snake in the grass. Now that Trump is president, he is sucking up to him. Its disgusting. When campaigning for Hillary, Sanders was very nasty to Trump, and shouldnt be trusted at all. He is a socialist and they are just evil hearted no matter how "nice" they appear.

People with large minds talk about ideas. People with small minds talk about people. The large idea here is "How do you make a billion dollars?" Since the Bern can't wrap his brain around the concept he judges anyone who can as evil and corrupt.

There will always be poor folks who can't figure out how to manage their lives. Socialism will not correct the problem.

The trouble with a man like Sanders is that he utterly fails to distinguish between an Orren Boyle and a Henry Rearden. Or between James and Dagny Taggart.

sanders should have changed his tune from socialism to capitalism during the 60's and not waited until he entered the later years of his life.
All he is doing is trying to glorify himself at the end of his term as a congressman.

Those "ifs" in the last paragraph are key words. Lefties believe that Trump's policies will actually hurt working people.

" he may succeed in creating an environment in which real job growth can occur"
I agree. He may. He actually says he's in favor of protectionism. He seems hell-bent on rhetoric supporting ISIS, almost as if he they were feeding him talking points to support their cause. He talked about defaulting on Treasuries. During the campaign there was all that bigotry, but I think he'll backpedal from it. He seems purposely hyperbolic, as if he intentionally starts out outrageous so the next thing he says seems moderate.

I also could see the scenario of the Fed pursuing a tighter policy than they might otherwise because of his support for protectionism (which Fed members generally oppose) and his criticism of the financial industry. That would not be Trump's fault at all, but it's still a risk. We've also had eight years of bull market, so we're just due for a bear market, which has nothing to do with the POTUS, but good reforms from Trump could be wrongly blamed for the downturn.

I'm still hopeful you're right. I wonder if maybe his maverick public persona might make him the only one who could sell painful changes: simplifying taxes, cutting military, Social Security, and gov't across the board. If that happened, we could have a balanced budget and business environment where growth is a few percent higher, which is HUGE after compounding.

"Bernie ALWAYS speaks of other people's money."
The level of contempt with which he says billionaires is disturbing. One of his supporters said he would fight the billionaires. I said, "you mean fight people earning money dishonestly, but we all hope more people can make themselves billionaires honestly." No. They actually oppose people generating wealth on principle and they seem angry at the individuals themselves. If he and Kasich had gotten the nomination, and Johnson was not an option, I might have voted Republican.

I actually think in some way he'll join forces with Trump supporters, and I'll identify with whichever party they're not in.

Trump won't bring back the days of good-paying factory jobs, but if he's serious about deregulating and freeing up the economy, he may succeed in creating an environment in which real job growth can occur, jobs more in tune with a modern information-based economic system.

The second article I link to is by Sanders from Jun of 2016, where I first noticed Sanders suggesting he agrees with Trump.

I think Trump lost the popular vote by only a half million because people were looking for radical action. I'm not saying Trump actually is radical, but he presents himself as a maverick outsider. When Trump fails to bring back the days of good-paying factory jobs, we may see people seeking something more radical and completely different. OTOH the urge for the old days may decrease as the population that remembers the post-WWII pre-automation era decreases.

To your point, if Clinton had one the electoral college, I think Sanders would have said it was because he challenged her to support things like gov't paying for middle-class college, daycare, and healthcare, which I think is completely wrong. I think Clinton would have won by even more than a half million if she had gone easier on things that sound socialistic.

Bernie ALWAYS speaks of other people's money. That makes me uncomfortable...

Sanders would have been more credible if he had made such a statement before the election results were in. If Hillary had won, Sanders now would likely be bragging about how his support had "saved" the Democratic Party and the country from the likes of Trump.