Donald Trump

[cpwigan]

Posed this question (Trump) with some knowledgeable Americans (they do exist) and one reply was

This is why I do not hate trump (cut and paste from Jonathan Chait)

"The conservative movement has succeeded for decades by channeling racial resentment, nationalism, and authoritarianism into traditional policy proposals that can be justified in white papers on foreign policy, welfare, crime, taxes, and so on. Trump has made a mockery of this whole process, .. Conservative intellectuals understand and care about these ideas. They have articulated serious reasons for, say, restricting immigration levels, but Trump grasps the embarrassing reality that most Republican voters are driven by base animus toward immigrants."

Trump means nothing except the splintering of the Republican coalition along its seams.