There is a man who leads a life of danger.
Carlos Danger.
This is so well stated:
“The chief aim of an agitator is to get people across an emotional Rubicon. By contrast men like Rubio and Cruz might give you many convincing arguments for wading across that river and describe in detail what they will do when the hour strikes. But they never cross the Rubicon. Only when someone actually does and picnics on the other side brandishing a chicken drumstick is the barrier is broken.”
For good or ill, Donald Trump is the man standing on the other side of the river, brandishing the drumstick.