What I find most interesting by these attempts to explain Trump away, is that in their focus on style they completely ignore the substance. Look at Trump's most popular position, namely his position on immigration. This position is only "controversial" in the sense that the elites are against it while everyone else is for it. This is a much bigger factor than Trump's style in his support, in fact his style is only relevant in that it made it possible for him to get away with taking the position he has (look at some of the dirty tricks levied against him when he first took his position to see why this is the case).
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