That's the Web address of an article about Donald Trump from July of this year.
I have not meant to hurt Mr. Trump's feelings when I have said that I don't think that he should be President. I have noticed that he has some respect for me, and I appreciate that. I also am not immune to bring amused by his style of speech; it would be hypocritical of me to say that I'm a consistent role model of gracious diplomacy or that I'm always contrite for not being one.
I read the article after doing a search of the term "donald trump's appeal." I offer no opinion on the article; people who read it will form their own opinions.
I'm sure that other people have talked about Mr. Trump's directness, and his record of financial success, as being consoling qualities to his supporters. I think that times of extreme uncertainty rapidly reduce people's tolerance for ambiguity. When you're scared, you want answers that are presented to you in a simple way that you can understand. That tendency is true of everyone, no matter who you are, how smart you are, or anything else about you.
Totalitarian governments eliminate ambiguity. Dictatorships eliminate ambiguity. There are a lot of things that eliminate ambiguity that are worse than uncertainty.
I'm sure that Mr. Trump will be offended if he thinks that I'm calling him antiAmerican or antidemocracy. He is nothing if not an American, financial success story. However, I'm not sure how many financial success stories of utmost wealth, American or not, have ever happened because of an egalitarian type of business hierarchy.
Copyright, with noted exceptions, L. Kochman, November 23, 2015 @ 7:57 a.m.