Those who want to deradicalize the Republican Party and defeat Trump need to figure out which played the bigger role.
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How Trump Won
The president’s fans wish to escape from a complex reality.
Many of the trends that led to Donald Trump’s presidency are intractable, but there are things Americans can do.
Fear of losing power and status created the alliances that voted for Brexit, European populism and Donald Trump.
In Britain and the United States, people rebelled against the preferences of college-educated, city elites.
Liberals overreached and drove working white Americans into the arms of a demagogue.
America did not change. It was manipulated by a minority that seeks a return to autarky and America First.
Some right-wing commentators are owning up to their responsibility for the rise of Donald Trump.
It’s not that the Republican’s supporters are worse off. It’s that their lives haven’t improved in a long time.
Resentment toward black advancement helps explain why the white underclass supports Donald Trump.