En grunn til at Trump ble president, ifølge en Stanford professor
Trump follows all seven rules of power, and particularly rule number seven, which says that if you are successful and powerful, what you did will mostly be forgiven and forgotten. He illustrates that very clearly," Pfeffer said. "You see this in the case of the late Lindsey Graham, who thought Donald Trump was horrible until Trump got elected president, after which Graham completely flip-flopped and became one of his biggest supporters in the Senate.
"You see this also with the technology leaders cozy up to Trump and sit there like lapdogs. They believe that their responsibility is to the shareholders and their companies' financial well-being, and that the best way to enhance that financial well-being is to make a campaign donation to Trump, pay for his help, or pay for his inauguration—and then he'll leave them alone," he said. "It is a fascinating phenomenon.
"I teach a power class at Stanford, which is a pretty tough class, and people talk about soft power, which the US used to be known for, whereas Donald Trump is the best example of hard power and how effective it can be. I mean, there is nothing soft about the Trump administration and its approach to people who disagree with it."