lazybugger Posted March 3, 2016 Report Posted March 3, 2016 Adam Gopnik explains the Trump phenomenon by invoking how something similar happened in 2002, in the world greatest modern nation - France. A rabid right winger Jean-Marie le Pen ran for office, and got through to the second round, at which point both conservatives, and liberals joined together to give the incumbent the largest victory in French history. And they avoided the disaster. http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-clothespin-campaign-a-french-history-lesson-for-anti-trump-republicans
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