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Trump Embodies the Rage of the White Middle Class

Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 7:07 PM EST - Item ID: 9

I still have reservations about Trump. However, these reservations have nothing to do with his flip-floppy character or his arrogant and selfish demeanor. It has more to do with his lack of effectively communicating what his policies would be and what his plan for the country is. We shall see if he can develop positions strong enough to sway the electorate. That's not what I wrote to you to say though. Deep down many Americans know our country is in a state of total failure. That's true for folks on the left and the right. We know that our futures have been sold and that our children's futures have been sold. We know that every politician we have to choose from is a liar and a flip-flopper. With all due respect, Obama is chief of these as of late and even many of his past supporters know this now.

Speaking from the right, I believe that Trump embodies the frustration and rage of the white middle class. This is his main support base and is an ever shrinking group that no longer feels they have a voice. Politicians pay lip service to the middle class but spend no time helping them. Black lives matter more and illegal immigrants who break the law get a free pass. Evangelical Christians in this country no longer feel that they have the right to religious freedom and have watched what they perceive as a sacred institution in marriage gutted. All the while, politicians they voted for to represent them just plain don't. Now enter Trump.

This is a guy who isn't afraid to abuse the abuser. He has and will continue to humiliate the establishment politicians who try to stand up to him by exposing them for who they are. He will lash out at reporters and media crudely and without tact simply because he can. His supporters feel vindicated when he attacks those people who have misled them, a small satisfaction when your way of life is fading away.

I can't disagree that he is just like them and that he is pandering to that base I just mentioned. I doubt he will win but I don't doubt that watching him lose will be entertaining and satisfying.

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