Whose Elite Is It, Anyway?
Reality is chipping away at a pretty big lie
If there’s anything Donald Trump does more effectively than destroying things it’s channeling other people’s grievances.
Trump rose to power by vocalizing the anger of those who feel displaced and enraged by economic and cultural change. He heard their cries and opportunistically rallied them behind the promise to lift them up at the expense of those perceived to be tearing them down.
Trump sees only enemies. Immigrants. People of color. Anyone not born white, straight or Christian. But central to his appeal is the idea that a cultural elite is responsible for advancing the interests of these enemies, wrecking America in the process.
Doing battle with that elite is a big part of his answer to their grievances. So he denigrates progressives, people from the East and West coasts, intellectuals, Hollywood liberals, Bill and Hillary Clinton—anyone who can be characterized as looking down on “regular” Americans.
Take them down and America will be great again. That’s the promise.
It’s also a key reason why he cannot get out from underneath the Epstein story.
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