I always find it highly amusing to hear things like Obama pulling Dems "so far" to the left. I wish Maip. could meet up w/the woman I sat next to at Thanksgiving who complained that Obama was a disappointment because he wasn't liberal enough; she considered him a conservative. 

Because Clinton got more votes, I put it to you that the majority of the country did, in fact, come down on the side of liberalism (not "unfettered liberalism"; far from it. That would be too much to hope for).

Trump never had any intention of keeping his promises. He just spouted wild claims because he thought that's what the audience wanted to hear. There won't be more jobs, benefits for the working class, pension protected, never in a million years would he push for universal health care (his friends wouldn't make $$ that way), and yes, we — note Mexico — will be stuck w/the bill for the infamous "wall"