BTRTN: The Rise and Fall of American Demagogues...Understanding Donald Trump, His Appeal and Future

[tgards79]

2. You are looking at it through a Dem/Prog lens

I agree with everything you say, but the "now" Trump side responded to him because they thought he saw things their way -- unemployment still at 7%, incomes stagnant, only the elites were winning, and jobs going to China and to immigrants running into American with wild abandon. Hillary was not paying attention to blue collar America. That's Trump's litany and you cannot argue that this was how he was received by his supporters. Of course he ran with it to the max, demagogued it, lied about it, did everything ti whip it up to a frenzy. That's what demagogues do....read the article!