“Trumps improbable rise demonstrates the desire of a great many Americans to defend their country. Even if he is defeated, Trump will have moved the country forward toward such policies.”
Yep. (Except, speaking for myself, I did not consider his rise improbable as long as he was willing to stick with it. I was so over the Neocons by the time of his announcement, I immediately boarded his train.)
Just as Obama was the country's rejection of the Bush Presidency, Trump is the GOP's rejection of it as well. Trump is everything that George W. Bush was not. Trump is flamboyant, combative, and detail oriented where Bush was prone to avoid defending himself or his policies beyond broad generalities. And, unlike Bush, Trump earned his success without the benefit of family name and influence.