The Left hates Trump not because he’s rich but because he understands blue-collar stiffs and he speaks their language.
He’s stealing their voters out from underneath them and they’re livid about it. But he’s protecting their jobs and their income and the Left fears for its future.
No wonder they perceive him as a potent threat.
History has shown that while democrats lose states in successful re-election bids (Clinton and Obama) indicating diminishing support, republicans gain states (Ike, Nixon, Reagan, W).
Democrats were in shock when Nixon got 49 states, then again when Reagan did. And they were apoplectic when Bush was re-elected. The left always goes too far and will nominate a loon. And we may see another massive landslide.
“No wonder they perceive him as a potent threat.”
The left always knew that a Conservative Populist could literally WIPE THEM OUT, by appealing to what had been the base of the left (minorities, working class whites, etc.), so they did EVERYTHING in their power to prevent those kinds of candidates from gaining power.
And their main weapon was FEAR. The FEAR that a leader like that would simply destroy the country, especially for their prior base (again, minorities and working class whites) - who still voted Democrat, but are otherwise totally ignored by Democrats. As long as these people FEARED people like Trump, and voted him down, then the myth would continued.
But they also knew that if someone like Trump would slip through and show the country (and now the world) that things can be better, much better for the left-behinds of the Democrats that they were FINISHED. And now we’re there, with Trump holding his base solid, while also picking up black support.
The kill shots will be the next 2 elections. If our side wins those, the Left will have to seriously regroup and most likely move strongly in our direction, if they want to ever compete again.
Well the problem is that he employs them to build his buildings and knows how his buildings get built. And that is the problem for this globalist, socialist, crony capitalist elite. They think the way things get done is greasing palms - theirs.