re: #55 HappyWarrior

Donald Trump is what he’s been consistently: a man who uses a standard set of flashiness, braggadocio posturing, lies, and emotional appeal to obtain what he wants…and what he wants is deference from others and to be able to actualize his whims. Con men change identities and affiliations effortlessly, finding an angle to work. Why, this time, is the angle that works “what’s already been working when it was executed by Nixon, Reagan, Gingrich, Limbaugh, etc.”? Not a mystery.

What Wilson fails to grok is that the Republican Party, as an institution, and the Republican base are willing to participate in that nihilism and that matters more than whatever label Trump attempts to appropriate.