SIMON WOLF writes:

Trump has managed to cultivate his populist following by being the most masculine figure on a very weak stage.

Everything he does, he does with the absolute conviction that he is right. His confidence is cast iron. He is always on the offensive. He knows that powerful oratory is more convincing than awkwardly mumbling about race and crime statistics. He doesn’t feel bound by the rules with which conservatives normally restrict themselves. He never apologises. He’s never defensive or butthurt. He’s brash, and sometimes insulting. He suggests that some people need ‘roughing up’. He always holds his frame. He has no respect for his opponents on the left. He doesn’t get drawn into the circular arguments they love when he can just mock them instead.

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