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don't think Trump supporters have the same definition of "epitome of the elites" you do.

I remember during the Republican primary they attacked Trump for being a business failure without realizing that was his selling point to his supporters. Why do you think Trump himself spends so much time talking about his business failures as a casino owner?

When Trump supporters talk the elite, they are not talking about how much money you have, or even if that money was inherited. The elite for them are life long politicians who never fail because their connection to government guarantees they will still win even after their decisions blow up the entire economy and everyone but them loses as they did in 2008.

Trump is part of his own rigged system and I'm no fan, but it's a rigged system his supporters can tolerate since they know in their bones life is not fair. It's a rigged system where he did not earn it, but he could lose everything as he did. When his supporters talk about "the epitome of the elite," they mean the Bush's and the Clinton's. The "heads I win, tails you lose" elite who never bet with their own money, never lose even when their choices means everyone but them loses as happened in 2008. People who send the children of other people to death in wars their own children will never participate in.

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