It's true Hilary underestimated Trump. So did the other GOP candidates. They wanted Trump in the race to make their positions seem less extreme, their manner mo

It's true Hilary underestimated Trump. So did the other GOP candidates. They wanted Trump in the race to make their positions seem less extreme, their manner more presidential, and they hoped that his vast media attention would splash over onto them. Trump was expected to be a kind of "loss leader" for the GOP establishment, something wacky and attention-grabbing and low quality, but gets people in the store to buy something a little more sane. (It turns out the average member of a vastly wealthy sole super-power can become complacent, and grow profoundly ignorant of history, politics, philosophy and economics, so ignorant in fact that they cannot recognize a would-be autocrat. He says, "I can do whatever I want, like put my boot in your face," and they respond ecstatic, "At least he tells it like it is!" I think this flies in the face of every educated person's impression of who America is, which is why Trump blindsided everyone, left and right.