How many times have you seen or read someone explaining the rise of Donald Jelly Belly Trump in economic terms? The claim is that there aren’t enough jobs, and the ones we have pay poverty wages. Poor people are angry, so they turn to Jelly Belly for help. That explains Trump’s massive support from people near the bottom of our economic ladder: many (but not all) African-Americans, Latinos, women, Sioux, some Asians, etc. Of course none of those groups actually support Trump; the average income among his genuine supporters is reported to be $70,000 a year or more. So what is the real reason Trump has followers? What is the reason that networks do not discuss?
I don’t suppose there is one single reason people support Trump. It is true, for example, that government in our nation has tended for 30 years to ignore ordinary citizens and their concerns. We understand that what we want doesn’t matter to Paul Ryan. That makes people mad. But Jelly Belly’s main appeal is more obvious. According to Trump, China has been cheating us in trade deals, Muslims want to murder us in our beds. Mexicans are rapists. Indians are on the dole. Women are to be valued by bra size. Former POWs are losers. Trump promises to turn back the clock to when men were Men and Make American White Again. CBS just can’t bring itself to say "racism" out loud.
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