Trump’s Fans Have More to Lose Than Trump Himself

[KamaAina]

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/what-will-happen-to-the-trump-die-hards/504032/

Rather, I’m thinking of the sad state in which Trump will leave his followers. Because, make no mistake, no matter how badly he behaves, Trump will end this race with his world more or less intact. Sure, he may lose some money and some friends and some invitations to Upper East Side dinner parties. But he will remain rich and privileged and more famous than ever, and, as a result, he will be largely insulated from the fallout of his latest exercise in self-promotion.

The same cannot be said for the millions of Americans who have looked to Trump to save them. These folks, at least the ones frequently reported on—the angry, white, blue-collar workers who are outraged or terrified that America has become some topsy-turvy multi-cultural nightmare where a hard-working man cannot make a decent living anymore—will emerge from this circus worse off than before.

They will likely be angrier—and more certain—that they are being dismissed, if not outright screwed, by a self-serving establishment. Some will be all the more convinced that their economic woes can be blamed on cheap immigrant labor and reassured about their general feelings of insecurity about Muslims.

This is what Trump has done over the last year: He’s whipped up the darkest, angriest demons in the electorate. He has not simply given people permission to indulge any racist, sexist, xenophobic, or religiously intolerant tendencies they may harbor. He has insisted—loudly—that such bigotry is only common sense and mocked anyone who refuses to see the danger presented by “the other” as a blind idiot. Those not sharing Trump’s grim vision are, by definition, suckers being taken for a ride.

It's going to be like Reconstruction, without the benefit of an occupying army.

[rusty quoin]

1. I thought at one time that no one could do more damage than GW Bush.

[RKP5637]

3. Trump is making Bush look like a good guy in comparison to the evilness of Trump. n/t

[unblock]

4. look at the damage he's doing just as a candidate!

[Emilybemily]

7. Me too

It's hard to believe anyone could be worse than Bush the Dumber, but Dump has him beat by a power of 1000.

[RKP5637]

2. I would not be surprised if there were sporadic acts of violence in the US, like

what almost happened in Kansas. Trump, is evil humanity, going off with his comforts of life as the Losers that supported him (surly Losers in his eyes) suffer in one way or another, with festering hatred and held for acts of violence. What a POS.

[napi21]

5. I'm questioning just how rich he will remain. It seems all the experts who've weighed in

on Con's wealth say that the majority is in his "name". Many of the buildings that bear his name are owned by someone else. If that "name" loses some of it's value, he might not be very wealthy. He has some very high debts that he is personally responsible for, and noone knows just how toxic that "name" might become.

[Salviati]

6. Right, I think he's torched his "mainstream" buisness.

I mean I thought he was a pompous ass before, and would have not used any of his products before for that reason alone, but now his name is absolutely toxic to an ever increasing segment of the population. The only play he will have left is to keep his disciples of hatred mobilized in order to bilk money out of them. Which will be an absolute nightmare for the GOP, and not too pleasant for the rest of us either...