I will not sacrifice Sowell for Trump.
Sowell’s not wrong about the emotional aspect of Trump’s support.
Trump is fun. He’s bold. He’s brash. He’s a spectacle to behold.
However, anyone who fails to see the similarities between some of Trump’s supporters and the 2008 Obama worshipers is not paying attention. Now, as then, all things are forgiven or dismissed without regard to reason.
One of the characteristics of cults of personality is a tendency for cult members to either ignore or make excuses for traits in their leader that they mercilessly attack in other candidates. Few other candidates have as much of a track record of recent flip-flops on the issues (including immigration) as Trump, and yet his admirers seem to willfully ignore all this. In this regard some of them do remind of the "Yes we Can" Obama cultists - in terms of style at least if not substance.
I like a lot of what Trump has to say, and as far as I'm concerned even at his worst I'd rather see him than the likes of Jeb or Rubio, but that doesn't blind me to the fact that he's a deeply flawed candidate in spite of having some very good (current) messages.