I still think his ascendancy is due to economic depression in the interior. This isn't mutually exclusive with your view though. Racism and xenophobia are alway

I still think his ascendancy is due to economic depression in the interior. This isn't mutually exclusive with your view though. Racism and xenophobia are always ascendant during times of economic stress, and the state sometimes encourages this as a place to direct the peoples' anger. Trump and Bannon are selling an old brand of opiate.