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How did a billion-dollar loser become president? Back in 2016, before Trump was even nominated by the GOP, @jimlewis99 wrote this insanely relevant and smart piece about the liberal media's role in constructing the fiction of Trump. theintercept.com/2016/03/28/the…
"The man didn’t emerge, all at once and fully formed, from some hidden and benighted hollow in the American psyche. He’s been kicking around for 30 years or more, and he was promoted and schooled, made famous and made wealthy, by the same culture & economy that now reviles him."
Much of what is published online doesn't have a half-life beyond 15 seconds. This piece by Jim Lewis is even better now than when it was published in early 2016, because the question it answers -- how did Trump accomplish his con? -- is more crucial. 
"Liberals were sure the devil would come slouching out of Alabama or Texas, beating a bible and shouting about sodomy and sin. They didn’t expect him to be a businessman who lives on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street."
"Nor am I suggesting that we should excuse the GOP or the bigoted thugs who have now made this man the imminent threat that he is. But there’s plenty of blame to go around for Trump so ... let’s take a moment to remember who helped create this monster. It wasn’t them."
Just read the story. And weep. theintercept.com/2016/03/28/the…
