Donald Trump’s domination of the Republican Party continues apace with his victory one week ago in the New Hampshire presidential primary, where, as expected, he handily defeated former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Angered because he failed to win by a larger margin and then Haley did not quit after her defeat in New Hampshire, Trump, acting like a mob boss political thug, threatened that she would be charged for non-specific “crimes” and insulted her appearance during his victory speech.
One of the driving forces behind Trump’s power over the Republican Party and his voters is that he is a master communicator and propagandist. Trump knows his public and how to connect with them in a way that is almost unequaled in recent American history (President Obama is the only close equivalent). In that way, Trump is a hybrid professional wrestling heel, reality TV star, preacher, TV pitchman and confidence man fake billionaire, a carnie, and messiah father figure and lover.
