Donald Trump’s Policies Are Not Anathema to U.S. Mainstream, but an Uncomfortable Reflection of It

The political and media establishments in the U.S. — whichhave jointly wrought so much destruction, decay, and decadence — recently decided to unite against Donald Trump. Their central claimis that the real estate mogul and longtime NBC reality TV staradvocates morally reprehensible positions that are far outside the bounds of decency; relatedly, they argue,he is so personally repellent that his empowerment would degrade boththe country and the presidency.

In some instances, their claim is pl...