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Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time (2017)
One-sided, as expected, from The Politico
First, there is little original in this documentary: it is 100% taken from "The Circus," the Showtime series on the 2016 election with Mark Halperin, Mark Mckinnon, and John Heilemann, liberals all. Second, for the subtitle "Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time," there is almost zero understanding of why this happened.
Heilemann's final "Americans wanted to throw a bomb into Washington and see where the rubble bounces" comment was not enlightening as to WHY a bomb is needed in the first place, or why the horrid Obama regime had drive so many white, black and Hispanic Americans to desperation. Van Jones's inane comments about the election being about race shows (thank God) that the moronic media still doesn't even begin to understand what happened. One would think a movie like this would have tried to explain just that.
There is an amazing scene, totally un-commented upon (probably unnoticed) that occurs with Heilemann and Halperin immediately after Trump won the primary as they sit at a restaurant with Robbie Mook and John Podesta. The Politico guys are saying in essence, "Well, his tactics worked so far, but they won't work on you, right? RIGHT????" Mook was all sunshine pumping, but Podesta looked very, very concerned and said that the traditional slime tactics used by Democrats would not work on Trump, that he was impervious to that. My belief is that the knew then they were in for a helluva fight, and on the night before the election--in a clip the movie did NOT use---again Halperin asked Podesta about his confidence and rather than saying they had it in the bag, he deflected, dodged, and was again very, very concerned (cause he knew the real numbers, and likely was afraid to tell Hillary).
The documentary did an extreme disservice by not capturing any of Hillary's meltdown on election night. but overall, the lack of any serious analysis as to Trump's strengths, the lack of curiosity as to why virtually EVERY poll was wrong at state levels---this is a lame attempt and we still await a real, solid documentary about the election.
Clinton Cash (2016)
Powerful indictment of Clinton Corruption
Weaving a web of favors-for-contributions, Hillary Clinton has become extremely wealthy in the last decade. Along with her husband, whose speaking fees quintupled after she became Secretary of State, Hillary has leveraged her positions and access to the levers of government with foreign politicians and banksters, including some of the most brutal dictators in the world.
In Haiti, in return for Clinton Foundation donations, she funneled American companies to invest in the NORTH side of the island, far from the earthquake devastation. The Foundation paid out about 10% of what it took in, abysmal even for NGOs. Her sucking up to Paul Kagame is typical of the kind of thug regime she took money from.
M. Taylor did an excellent job of keeping the camera moving, keeping the number of "talking heads" to a minimum (mostly the author of "Clinton Cash," Peter Schweitzer). Entertaining and thoroughly damning.