I’m pleased to publish this guest post from first time Mere O contributor Michael Graham. It’s a nice complement to this older piece by Alastair Roberts. Both pieces in different ways explain why Donald Trump has become the Republican nominee for the president and force readers to reckon with the real problems Trumpism addresses in the minds of many voters, even while they ought to reject the odious standard bearer for the movement.
We have all heard the never ending refrains of Trump supporters:
“He speaks his mind”
“He is an outsider”
“He will build a wall”
“He is a successful businessman”
“He is self-funded”
“He is a self-made man”
“He stands up to _______…”
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