We complain vehemently about the US President but who is he?
He is a son of a rich man. A man who sells half a million dollar condos for 5 million. He is a man who will always tell you something that someone else thought up was his idea. That something that someone else did was his doing. He wins arguments by switching to the attack and discrediting while never actually answering the original question. He expects the moon and stars for any contracts and won't pay if he can get away with it. He appears to be a nice guy, a successful guy, a knowledgeable guy, because that is his stock and trade. Lying is his business and business is good.
The simple reason why Trump won is because people needed to buy what he was selling. People needed hope. People needed to have confidence in the possibility of a better future. Populism is at an all time high. People will believe the appearance of truth over empirical reasoning. People will choose the winner of a debate based on appearances. Logic has no place in this populist ideal. In any good martial art, a defense will seamlessly blend into an attack. One of the many skills that Trump has is the ability to do this with words.
Trump becoming President isn't an anomaly unto itself. This phenomena is the logical conclusion of errant thinking.
Every time you choose to 'Win' a discussion by putting the other person on the defensive... that's a TRUMP.
When two people are arguing when, out of the blue, one person declares himself the winner while everyone isn't really paying that much attention believes him. That's a TRUMP.
Someone takes credit for something done by someone else and you don't say anything? That's a TRUMP with a side of McConnell.
It is not just the people doing this. It is an acceptance of the people who do this that brought about the election of the supreme icon of errant thought.
