Trumps angreb mod de etableret politikere (altså ''Washington'' ''insiders'') vandt stort gehør, hvilket bl.a. medvirkede til, at de to andre "''outsiders''" i det republikanske kandidatfelt ([[Ben Carson|Carson]] og [[Carly Fiorina|Fiorina]]) også vandt frem i diverse meningsmålinger, ligesom nogle af de etablerede politikere forsøgte at distancere sig fra at være en "''insider''"/ en del af "''the establishment''".<ref>Axelson, Ben (21. september 2015): [https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2015/09/carly_fiorina_second_place_donald_trump_gop_debate_poll.html Poll: Carly Fiorina surges to second place behind Donald Trump after GOP debates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723132136/https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2015/09/carly_fiorina_second_place_donald_trump_gop_debate_poll.html |date=23. juli 2019 }}. ''Syracuse''. Hentet 03-05-2020 (engelsk).</ref><ref>Glueck, Katie (19. august 2015): [https://www.politico.com/video/2015/08/rise-of-the-outsiders-013097 Rise of the outsiders] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723132128/https://www.politico.com/video/2015/08/rise-of-the-outsiders-013097 |date=23. juli 2019 }}. ''Politico''. Hentet 03-05-2020 (engelsk).</ref><ref>Reinhard, Beth (15. juni 2015): [https://www.wsj.com/articles/jeb-bush-formally-announces-hell-seek-gop-presidential-nomination-1434388382 Jeb Bush Says He Will Run as a Political Outsider] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615191937/http://www.wsj.com/articles/jeb-bush-formally-announces-hell-seek-gop-presidential-nomination-1434388382 |date=15. juni 2015 }}. ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''. Hentet 03-05-2020 (engelsk).</ref> Således forsøgte [[Hillary Clinton]] også at distancere sig fra at være del af "''the establishment''", selvom hun tidligere har været [[førstedame]], [[Senatet (USA)|senator fra New York]] og [[USA's udenrigsministre|udenrigsminister for USA]].<ref>Friedersdorf, Conor (5. februar 2016): [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/of-course-hillary-clinton-is-part-of-the-establishment/460125/ Of Course Hillary Clinton Exemplifies the Establishment] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230164628/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/of-course-hillary-clinton-is-part-of-the-establishment/460125/ |date=30. december 2019 }}. ''The Atlantic''. Hentet 03-05-2020 (engelsk).</ref> Trump angreb ligeledes Hillary Clintion og påstod, at hun var del af den "''sump''", som han ønskede at "''dræne''". Under den anden direkte debat mellem de to præsidentkandidater d. [[10. oktober]] [[2016]] lovede Trump således, at han ville "''lock her up''" (på dansk: "''bure hende inde''") og insinuerede, at Hillary Clinton havde begået en masse kriminelt og korrupt.<ref>Roberts, Dan et al. (10. oktober 2016): [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/10/debate-donald-trump-threatens-to-jail-hillary-clinton Donald Trump threatens to jail Hillary Clinton in second presidential debate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220063742/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/10/debate-donald-trump-threatens-to-jail-hillary-clinton |date=20. februar 2020 }}. ''[[The Guardian]]''. Hentet 03-05-2020 (engelsk).</ref>
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