Counter-intuitive though it may seem, Trump winning was a political disaster for the white working class, especially older whites. They were once pandered to in elections; now it’s no longer possible to indulge the pretense that their concerns are economic - or fixable. /1

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 3, 2018

That’s because there’s no ground for a policy fix or a compromise with people whose basic position is that they want America to be white, sorta Christian, and frozen in 1963 - except with 2018’s drugs, sexual liberty, govt transfer payments, ESPN channels, and internet porn. /2

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 3, 2018