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Trump is no mystery. He only has 1 desire: to be told, by everyone, that he is better than Obama. His underlying conviction is that people who look like Obama and have names like that do not belong in "his country", and he wants to erase his predecessor. Nothing else. That's it.
That's the alpha and omega of Trumpism: to be an American is to be something specifically defined. The way you look, the way your name sounds, the background you had. This isn't new. Huckabee defined it way back: Americans are people who grew up around Rotary Clubs, not madrassas
Trump is merely acting out this conviction. He, like most of his voters, was personally insulted by the mere fact of the Obama presidency. He has no plans for America, no convictions, no knowledge of anything beyond the fact that Obama was an abomination that must be eliminated.
There are other parts of the primordial stew that make up this person (racism, sexism, horrendous insecurity, astounding selfishness), but politically, this is it. Obama bad, me good. Sadly, this will be one of Obama's legacies. He created this vile allergic reaction to himself.
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