Nina L Khrushcheva

Trump’s supporters believe that his exaggerations prove that he is a man of the people, not just another polished politician making carefully calibrated statements agreed by a team of political strategists. It is the flattened logic of the blind believer – utterly incoherent and virtually impossible to challenge.
THE BROAD VIEW

How Trump won

Despite being a criminal, a charlatan, and an aspiring dictator, Donald Trump has won not only the Electoral College, but also the...