How to Beat Trump at His Own Game

“Democrat Savages,” President Trump recently tweeted, are driving the impeachment against him. When he then named in particular two Jewish congressmen and four congresswomen of color — Jerry Nadler of New York, Adam Schiff of California and the quartet that includes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York — the racist connotations […] Read more »

Why working-class whites aren’t giving up on Trump

“In some countries working-class groups have proved to be the most nationalistic and jingoistic sector of the population,” wrote the highly esteemed sociologist and political scientist Seymour Martin Lipset — 60 years ago last month. In his seminal article “Democracy and Working-Class Authoritarianism,” which appeared in the August 1959 issue […] Read more »

The economy isn’t saving Trump because he keeps getting in the way

Any president running for reelection with an unemployment rate of 3.7 percent, sustained economic growth and a record-breaking stock market would be a strong favorite to win a second term. President Trump is the exception. Trump may yet win a second term, but his prospects continue to be dragged down […] Read more »

Trump campaign sees political advantage in a divisive appeal to working-class white voters

President Trump launched another broadside Saturday on a Democratic political opponent, calling a prominent black congressman’s Baltimore district a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.” … The outburst also undercut efforts by many Republicans over the past two weeks to defend Trump and insist that his earlier attacks were based […] Read more »