Trrump and George Wallace

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This two part documentary is super-long but really interesting and useful for anyone interested in the secret to Trump's appeal/success.





The similarities between Wallace and Trump are uncanny.

Both men started out much more liberal, but have found political success taking much more conservative positions on race, issues of law and order, common man vs elites, and hostility toward the press, etc.

Both men had radical and/or overtly racist political advisors--Wallace had Asa Carter who wrote his "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" speech and had strong ties to the Alabama KKK, and Trump has Steve Bannon with his ties to the alt-right.

Both men seem to enjoy campaigning more than actually governing, and both men surrounded themselves with wacky generals--Wallace with Curtis LeMay and Trump with Michael Flynn...

Wallace eventually did a 180, apologized for segregation, and holds the all-time record for most black appointees.

Yeah, all that is at the end of part two.
It also shows how cynical and manipulative he was with his race baiting during the middle part of his career.

He's the first politician to translate good ol' southern racism into something palatable for the entire country.

And he pretty much laid out Nixon's entire southern strategy.

For better or worse (and I vote worse) he changed American politics for ever.

Both were/are preeminently political pragmatists.

Both of their "ideologies" are primarily based on what is "hip" at the moment.

Wallace knew that segregationist talk wouldn't work in the 1970s.

Trump knew that anti-NATO talk, etc., wouldn't work in the present day. I believe he will, ultimately, back off from building that wall.

One difference between them: Wallace was a professional politician; Trump is a neophyte in politics.