> Simply disparaging Trump and his voters does not offer an alternative explanation for his success, or for comparable populist success in other countries. I c

> Simply disparaging Trump and his voters does not offer an alternative explanation for his success, or for comparable populist success in other countries. I cannot speak for other countries. I think trying to link trends across countries always generalizes over local cultural differences. I think that you are missing the history and treating Trump as just another pick. This is an accumulation with some very specific disappointments from the elation of the 2010 (primarily) and 2014 elections with the national party putting the hammer to many of the elected representatives. This is a personality vote, not a policy vote. He is actually more liberal than many of his supporters and the whole eminent domain thing is problematic. The wall offends the media, but its not the sum of it all.