Just Politics

[12yearplan]

If Mr Trump’s policies are a mystery, his approach to politics is not. The Republican won office by systematically undermining trust in any figure or institution that seemed to stand in his way,...Living in that sort of society comes with costs. For decades anthropologists and political scientists have weighed the advantages of living in a high-trust, highly transparent country...Fomenting cynicism and partisan divisions is not a flaw in Mr Trump’s approach to politics: it is his best chance of surviving the next four or eight years, as reality bites...
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21712157-fomenting-cynicism-and-partisan-divisions-his-best-chance-surviving-his-term-donald