A quote from 2016 that I heard agrees with your thesis: "I can't throw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the White House, but I can throw a Donald Trump.

A quote from 2016 that I heard agrees with your thesis: "I can't throw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the White House, but I can throw a Donald Trump." Many view him as a "fuck you" candidate and like him precisely because the majority of the elite and the political process doesn't. They don't care if he does a lot of damage or even acts against their interest because it's not like anyone was paying attention to their interests beforehand anyway.