{"id":34076,"date":"2017-07-20T12:50:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T16:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=34076"},"modified":"2017-07-20T12:50:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T16:50:16","slug":"why-trump-won-in-a-couple-of-paragraphs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=34076","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump won, in a couple of paragraphs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Charles Blow column <\/a>has the answer in a couple of paragraphs:<\/p>\n

Trump was simply a megaphone for the primal screams of Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton haters flipping out over the cultural anxiety accompanying the ascension of women and minorities.<\/em><\/p>\n

He helped people find the language and the platform to disguise racial worry as economic worry. He helped people who inherently, in many cases maybe even subconsciously, loathe women, at least when they aspire to equality or power, to loathe Hillary Clinton, a woman aspiring to more power.<\/em><\/p>\n

Actually, the point of Mr. Blow’s great column is not primarily those paragraphs. It is in the title, “Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy,” and this:<\/p>\n

I have finally found something about Donald Trump\u2019s arrogation of the presidency in which to take comfort: his absolute ineptitude at legislative advancement.<\/em><\/p>\n

The country may well be saved from some of Trump\u2019s most draconian impulses by some of Trump\u2019s most pronounced flaws: his lack of seriousness, his aversion to tedium and his gnat-like attention span.<\/em><\/p>\n

He continues:<\/p>\n

But now that Trump is in office, the real work of governing begins \u2014 not just the flash of rallies, the ovations of the obsequious, the thrilling one-liners. He now has to both focus on the big picture and fuss over the fine detail.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is simply beyond him. For simpletons, things must be made simple.<\/em><\/p>\n

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