The “appeals to sophistication” are things leftists do. I’ll repeat what I wrote on another thread:
“...You aren’t winning support for X candidate by running against Trump. Hate him all you want, buy while everyone else was BS-ing the summer away, he actually stated positions (believe him or not) on important issues, that as we can see, most of the others are not willing to take.”
Basically the “sophisticated” crowd on the right left the door open for him by being lazy and calculated. Trump steamrolled in and did more damage to the GOPe than anyone has done EVER. Whatever his positions were X number of years ago, he seems to have studied and learned, which isn’t a crime and has been wildly to our benefit.
I take the “trust, but verify” route with him. That’s all you can do. He is entitled to a fair go, and if he is honest(which right now I cant find anything saying he isnt), then we win.
A great summation of the phenomenon of Trump. You are a rational person, at least on non Apple threads :~)