This would be hardly worth noting except that Trump has a very real chance of becoming President, and the President is Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, with the Constitutional power to order a military attack against anyone at any time, including the use of nuclear weapons. Imagine a two year old with a pistol in hand and you have some idea what that would be like.
Trump's popularity is a mystery to some, but it shouldn't be. It's appealing to imagine giving vent to our inner two year old, to lash out at those who challenge our self-importance and to allow ourselves any self-indulgence with no regard for those we consider "lesser" human beings. Somehow those who flock to Trumpism fail to see that in Trump's eyes, everyone is a lesser human being, fit only to be recruited to his campaign for a greater Trump. His insults are celebrated, his excesses are explained, his frauds are ignored and his lies forgiven because they are our own long-suppressed childIsh urges reborn in iconic form.
If he manages to become President, the morning after we will regret it, just as we regret that weekend in Vegas, the affair with that person we met in a bar, the money we invested with Uncle Harry and every other thing we've done that we knew perfectly well we shouldn't. Of all the happiness-destroying things you can imagine, Trump as President tops them all.
We must put aside childish things. Everything depends on it. Don't allow Donald Trump to be elected to the most powerful office on earth.
