Sometimes his main appeal would appear to be "He's not ...."OK. That's a very common (dare I say popularist) view of DT. My question as ever for people who take that stance is this: How do you explain why pretty much 50% of the US population thinks the guy is OK? Without resorting to saying they're all stupid or brainwashed etc.
I am reminded of Hitchen's classic:
"You give me the awful impression of somebody who has never studied the arguments against your position"
What is it that people like about him? Because on the face of it - sure - he's a total baffoon.
Very few people have given me any decent answers to this question btw.
Fill in the blanks with whichever other candidate(s) are currently being demonised.