Wall Street, the bane of progressive Democrats, may ironically be their last line of defense against Donald Trump.
The financial markets abhor uncertainty and unpredictability, the qualities Trump gleefully embraces. Despite the corrupting influence of big money, the Democrats need Wall Street on their side, convincing investors that Trump is a bad bet.
The chaos a Trump presidency could create is simply not worth the risk to economic stability, not to mention world peace. Democrats may be grateful in November that Hillary courted Wall Street.
As much as I admire Bernie Sanders’s idealism, the world of 2016 is not yet ready for a revolution. The system may have to remain a little corrupt and rigged to avoid the calamity an irrational President Donald J. Trump could bring to the table.
The stakes are simply too high for both Wall Street and Main Street to take such a risk.
FRANK WARMAN
Hopkinton