3. Fan came to a Trump rally dressed like Trump with wig. Trump: this guy's wife "fantasizes that he's really the real Donald Trump"
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4. Story of Trump and that fan/impersonator is here:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3333548/Donald-Trump-tells-supporter-dressed-like-wife-fantasizes-s-real-thing-super-PAC-slams-billionaire-colorful-lines.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 …
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5. Trump's undisguised contempt for his fans not accident. Of a piece with contempt he has for rivals like Jeb. An assertion of dominance.
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6. It's part of Trump's "brand" that he's dominant figure: the best at business, smarter than everyone, the guy with the hottest wife etc
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7. This contempt for his followers is big reason why I think description of Trump as "populist" is wrong and lazy.
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8. The great populists, whether on left or right, don't scorn average person but claim to be avatar for them: to embody what them.
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9. You'd be hard pressed to find such contempt for followers in William Jennings Bryan or Father Coughlin or even George Wallace.
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10. Trump isn't selling himself as avatar of common person but as a leader, an exceptional person who can fix problems other's can't.
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11. Part of the proof of Trump's exceptionalness is he can say things that almost nobody else would dare to. Insults, even threaten violence
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12. Even the weirdness of Trump has repeatedly talking about wanting to date his daughter is connected. Only an ubermench would dare do that
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13. I don't think it's widely understood that Trump has repeatedly claimed that he's exceptional because of his genetic inheritance.
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14. Trump: "Well I think I was born with the drive for success because I have a certain gene...I'm a gene believer"
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15. Trump: "hey when you connect two race horses you get usually end up with a fast horse." http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/02/11/donald.trump.marriage.apprentice/ …
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