Let Hillary be Hillary while
everyone else focuses on totally publicly humiliating Don the Con. Public humiliation is his kryptonite. He can't take it. It is about keeping him unhinged.
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So I guess that's what I mean. To me a social circle has nothing to do with friendship - it's more of a financial caste system. Money is the only common denominator. If you are in the 'social register' you are in the circle.
And that sort of social circle isn't regional.
But, you could very well have a much better understanding than this little mid-westerner. 
about him. Big expert. 
I see what you mean, but we need another term to describe working interactions of of what have become elite masses. Social dynamics don't change much with money. Social circles are groups defined by who belong and who do not, even the more peripheral members in the outer rings, and friendship and commonality of interest both are big parts of it. Outsiders get invited to larger fundraisers and other events, but they don't belong.
Their very different paths may cross at big gatherings, but Hillary and Donald would no more share a social circle at any stage of their lives than they'd have sat at the same table in high school. And that shocking idea was what I was reacting to. 
I guess that people get thrown together, and if there is a photographer handy - voila! Friendship!! (Maybe it was a good thing that nobody was handy with a camera when I got a kiss on the cheek from Al Gore!)
As I recall, now, didn't he invite them to his 3rd wedding (or was it the 2nd) but they did NOT invite him to Chelsea's wedding, and that really pissed him off. 
No matter what her status, now, I can certainly identify with Hillary's background and I am pretty sure she would easily identify with mine. Brought up by working class parents who instilled in us morals and ethics.