Trump is a complicated-bad subject. It's required to have a realist position on him: he has a feral sense of populism --- it is malignant long term --- he is ve

Trump is a complicated-bad subject. It's required to have a realist position on him: he has a feral sense of populism --- it is malignant long term --- he is very good at social media is as you well explained. There is a sense in which Trump has more street smarts, and frankly, was more willing to go to the mat. That's easier when you dont care about anything except for winning. Again, ultimately not good for the US ... but short term good for MAGA. As to what to do about it: I feel like we need now in politics what some of the enlightenment movement emphasized then: real, rational, substance. We have got to get to place where pretty boys talking BS rhetoric on TV is toxic. Having a talking point for complex subjects isn't good enough anymore. We want results: a 10 year fiscal plan so debt doesn't swamp the federal budget; operational control of the border with immigration allowed; equal justice under the law including corporations and connected people. I want more Americans asking congress: where's the beef? Right now Congress are not statesmen; they'll have to have to be told by the electorate to do better at running the country. They simply won't do it without that pressure. Most people are +/- 20% of center. We have more in common and we're in larger numbers: forget political parties; we want the fundamentals handled.