In April of 2016 I wrote a piece titled “Why Trump Deserves to Win the American Election” where I spelled out the case for why, as an observer watching from the bottom of the world, Trump appeared to be the best man for the job. It was an odd time because Americans themselves were so painfully self-conscious about Trump as the Western global press had him daily portrayed as nothing but a “buffoon” - they needed permission to even consider liking him for he was too all-American.
Many thousands of articles came out asserting that Trump was both mentally and temperamentally unfit to even run as a candidate. Even I wondered at the time whether he may be too much too late, not because he was unfit in any way, but because American press culture had gone so woke after the Obamas that the climate just wouldn’t allow for a truly patriotic candidate extolling the importance of America First to get through.
