Repeating what I said on the similar Joe Klein thread: Trump is a reaction to d-bags like Ezra and his fellow Progressives in the media-political elite.
They have no one but themselves to blame for Trump.
Cruz and the rest of the Tea Party were a reaction to progressives.
Trump is the celebrity leader of a cult of personality without a consistent or clear policy agenda. The support for him is a manifestation of the human instinct to pick someone for their leader who they feel is stronger and superior to them and to make themselves submissive and obedient to his will. The U.S.A. was created to get away from that kind of despotic leadership. Our politicians are supposed to be servants to us. Trump’s entire candidacy is appealing to the kind of dangerous instincts that could make our Constitution obsolete and lead to a military dictatorship.