The surprise of Trump – October/November 2016
Jill Lepore
The election of 2016 will not be remembered for anything beautiful.
Injury, fear, blame, hatred.
An election gone wrong.
Politics believes factions natural. Robust discussion.
Madison.
Formation of Republicaions and Federalists. We are all republicans we are all federalists, assuming the
1964 parties began to diverge, public interest over party interest weakening.
Income inequality also grown.
The Cookie story – Harry you divide. Richard you choose. Incentive for fairness.
Members of rival sects.
Both sides predicted political catastrophy. Non stop freak out. Hall mark of religious skism.
Franklin: Difference between Church of Rom and England, the former infallible the latter never wrong.
Trump built a co-illition of those who thought they had been forgotten.
Thomas Chatterton Williams
White America and white aspiring latino’s
Reaction against Obhama
The vintage of his anger. He could no longer see me as his own nephew. We’d become symbols to each other.
Identity based politics. Pandora’s box. Keep the lid on.
One persons nationalism
Zoe Heller
The voice of monochrome america spoke loudest
Non has been so glaringly unqualified
- Jail Hillary
- Ban Muslems from US
- Torture terroists, kill their family
- Drain the swamp
- Climate change a hoax by Chinese
Surely not? But running as anti-politician. Shady business dealings, phony univeristy, made him smart.
What was it? democrates debate
Rise of Trump tribalist instinct. Too neat.
Those who voted for Trump, previously voted in Obhama.
Locker room talk, but didn’t matter as he would kill ISIS
Andrew Sullivan
It was Hillary stupid.
She’d been in establishment for decades
Earned millions in Davos,
Gave the smug impression it was her turn.
Entitlement attitude.
She is charm free. A mediocrity.
She won 2 million few people than Obhama
She crushed Trump on TV, spent more. Still lost
Ignored the smaller caucus states like Wisconsin.
White women, her core demographic, voted for Trump.
Trump a clear change.
Why did democrates vote for her in first place? Bernie Saunders. Obhama failed to stop her. Clinton funds.
Democrates blindness and Clintens fathomless attitude of entitlement
John Grey
Pre Trump status quo gone forever.
Library establishment did not understand the urgent need of large numbers of their citizens.
Like Brexit rejection of Status Quo
History a story of incremental improvements. progress. Inspired Librarl idealists for generations. Obhama referred to the Arch of History.
Unchecked globalisation
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