Trump is the last, best hope for millennials

Let’s face it, millennials are in a bind. Millennials are facing a multi-front war with reality: We have less opportunity than any previous generation still living, many of us will be eligible for AARP before we reach average living standards, the national student debt is crippling, economic inequality is dividing the U.S., and our nation is in desperate need of some tender love and care.

The U.S. needs an abrupt change in policy in order to save its largest generation from a future of economic and social malaise. Donald Trump is not only the change agent, he’s the last, best hope for millennials.

It’s understandable why Gen-Y hasn’t embraced Trump. Unlike Bernie Sanders who promised the moon and stars, and Hillary Clinton who’s labeling herself as the nation’s “abuela” and is pandering to us with playlists, the Republican nominee is just offering himself and an ear to listen.

Yes, he can be off-putting at times. He’s politically incorrect, his tone is brash and his ego is large. But, like us, he’s not bound by business as usual. That’s part of the reason why the military industrial complex, the Washington establishment, and hedge fund managers prefer Hillary Clinton.

Unlike previous Republicans, Trump has chosen pragmatism over blind ideology, and that’s all to the benefit of millennials.