What happened with "Trump promises to “drain the swamp” in D.C."??????

Same thing that happened to populist statements of any previous president.
In reality Trump is vivid representative of ruling class and will act only in the interest of same class.

hard to imagine how this ship of fools will be able to keep it together...

Let me rephrase your sentence to make it clear:

Hard to imagine how bunch of theater actors will be running and rebuilding theater.

Answer is that they won't - their task is to act, sign laws and make important face.

I'm going to withhold judgment until after his first 100 days. The pudding will be set by then and we'll all have a taste.

You mean that if you put horse shit and pigs heads in the stove you still need hope for miracle and expect pudding?

"He'll get demolished in the primaries..." "He'll quit before the primaries end..." "He'll never get the nomination..." "He'll quit before the election..." "He'll never be President..." "The Clinton political machine is unstoppable..." "He'll lose in a landslide..." "He didn't know he had to staff the Whitehouse..." "He can't put together an administration..." "He'll never pass any legislation..."

All the past and present Trump predictions are laughable. Luck doesn't win presidencies, it takes hard work and talent to get this far, especially when you are heavily outspent in campaign dollars and have zero experience "in the game."

All the indicators thus far point to a historically successful run rather than a dismal failure. Better to reevaluate the presidential kick-off with the advantage of hindsight in 6 months.

@Vitaliy_Kiselev Mass-media has zero credibility, I don't even waste my time listening to their analysis. Let's face it, this monkey has more insight than the media "experts" -

http://shanghaiist.com/2016/11/07/monkey_picks_trump.php

Mass-media had me convinced that Trump would loose, so whether they have credibility or not they are able to influence public opinion (at least mine). If it weren't for Wikileaks IMHO the election would have gone to Hillary. Mass-media now has less power/credibility/influence than when this election started because people were not able to get what they considered an unbiased opinion from them. I guess getting you news from the web and Youtube is alt-media, if there is a better word for it let me know.

I swear everybody wanted the election to be over, now I can't avoid hearing people talking about it, complaining about it, etc. I'm hoping to tune out until the inauguration.

Some things I like about Trump is that he strikes me as an iconoclast who never seemed to be accepted in the New York elitest scene, but he was able to gatecrash his way into it in his his own way. I've watched a few seasons of the Apprentice and I like who he likes. For instance I've always been a big fan of Dennis Rodman. I've also liked how he's embraced Ben Carson in spite of the abject mocking Carson received for his idiosyncrasies.
He's been underestimated throughout his whole life, and brilliantly kept his name and Brand relevant for 30+ years in the media.

Bad things are that he's an absolute narcissist, has a history of screwing over investors and subcontractors, is a 'grab in the p***y' type, offers a nonzero possibility of checking out and letting some scary figures run the country, and offers a nonzero possibility of being a truly horrible leader. Of course, he could turn out to be a good leader as well. We'll have to wait and see

@majoraxis is correct. The fact is the so-called mainstream media colluded with the Clinton campaign to push a narrative (propaganda) that they hoped would be true. Now that same cabal is trying to label the new or alt-media as "fake news" or (insert your favorite discrediting adjective) in order to prevent folks from gravitating toward those outlets that accurately describe current events and perform real analysis with facts. http://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/archives/revealed-the-real-fake-news-list

I like to know how this list came about. What proof is there? Putting names on a list and calling it fact is naive. That is not journalism or common sense.

@Caveport I think most people still don't understand the Trump presidency. We know the media is owned by the corporate powers so why would they attack Trump if he was just business as usual? Nope look at the first 100 days and what he has planned to do against the corrupt system. The truth is Christie was booted because he was bringing in too many of his lobbyist friends. Will the press applaud Trump if he does these anti Lobbyist actions and effectively end much of the core corruption in American politics?

http://www.npr.org/2016/11/10/501597652/fact-check-donald-trumps-first-100-days-action-plan

*And I will be the first one to attack him if he doesn't try to push these things through.

@LukV ironically that list is based on true investigate citizen journalism...the most honest we have today.

Its the list that put alt right news outlets who's only crime was to oppose the government that was created by some random left wing professor based on zero facts.

What we are seeing is slight of hand, accuse Trump of fake news while censoring them while the real fake news gets promoted.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-16/zero-hedge-targeted-list-fake-news-sources

@suresure123 @LukeV

Note, here is not flame topic. So not Trump love or hate things.

It is far below PV level.