"The voters vowed to take their revenge at the polls. They’d missed out on the country’s vaunted prosperity. They were disgusted with the liberal direction of the previous administration. They were anti-abortion and pro-religion. They were suspicious of immigrants, haughty intellectuals, and intrusive international institutions. And they very much wanted to make their nation great again."

“His opponents have tried to argue that America is already great, has been great, and will always be great. But the truth is, for many Americans, things have not been so great for at least the last two decades.”

“Directory of Scoville Peace Fellows, 1987–present”

“Then it will matter little how much both liberals and conservatives rail against “stupid” and “crazy” voters. Nor will they have Donald Trump to kick around any more. In the end, they will have no one to blame but themselves.”

“Trump was, they concluded, sui generis, a peculiar mutation of the American political system generated by the unholy coupling of and the Tea Party revolt. But Trump is not, in fact, a sport of nature. He reflects trends taking place around the world.”

“John Feffer's personal website”

“John Feffer's bio at the Institute for Policy Studies”