“…Trump spotted the wave and surfed it into office…”
Yep! As I have written before, the best indicator of Trumps talent and intelligence was that he gauged precisely when he could successfully step in to counterbalance the insanity of the Left. He knew how much crazy was enough.
AND, he relentlessly defined and spoke about the crazy and called out the leftist activism in the corrupt media. IOW, he didn't slither in, he boldly called out why he should be elected.