Trump Hillary Obama 2016 election Follow the money Cui bono deceit

Theory, conspiracy theory or healthy cynicism?

The following bolded sentences helped me understand U.S. politics.

"Follow the money." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follow_the_money

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked