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But history has turned on a few people—like the Founding Fathers and Jesus Christ come to mind—who used the same tricks: They describe to people a better vision of themselves. And Trump fits into that [model] in the most direct way you could possibly do. He’s saying, "You're an American, I'm going to make you feel great".

Political differences are mostly a matter of what frightens you the most, with a thin frosting of rationalization on top.

This dish might not turn you into a syndicated cartoonist, but whatever you’re doing now probably isn’t working either.