1) People tell me, over and over, that Donald Trump is the tribune of the working man, the voice of the working man. I find this so odd (but not necessarily untrue). Donald Trump is a trust-fund baby. (Nothing wrong with that. Wish I were.) He lives in a world of penthouse suites and private jets. The “working man” can barely sniff this kind of thing.

As Joe Scarborough remarked, when I was on his television show a couple of months ago, FDR, too, was a tribune of the working man. How many did he know? Outside his household staff or grounds staff?

I also understand that Trump has what we used to call “Howard Hughes syndrome” (speaking of rich men). He does not like to shake hands, calling the practice “barbaric.” This is otherwise known as “germophobia.” Trump is supposed to be the champion of the horny-handed sons of toil. Does he ever shake any of those hands?

George W. Bush — who is bizarrely hated on the right these days — used to dive into crowds of sweaty, tattooed bikers, soaking it up (literally). He also hugged his way through many rehab centers. Would Donald Trump?

I loved Bush, for this side of him (and others).

2) I keep hearing from Trump people, “He’s the only one.” That “only” is repeated over and over. The only one to do what? “The only one who’s talking about immigration, the only one who’s talking about political correctness, the only one who’s talking about ISIS.” The only one. And to the extent that other people are talking about these issues, it’s only because of Trump!

This one, I find especially hard to explain. It’s like the Trump people follow their candidate and their candidate alone, paying no attention to the other men in the field (plus Carly). Perhaps that stands to reason: for Trump has been a television star for a long time, and he entered the field as a television star. The others are trying to introduce themselves, really. They come from politics, rather than Celebrity.

Trump is the “only one” to do XYZ if you tune out, or know nothing about, the others.

3) Of course, Trump is the only one to have defamed John McCain, Megyn Kelly, Ben Carson, and so on. Character used to be very important to conservative voters, or to voters who thought of themselves as conservative. Peggy Noonan wrote a book about Reagan called “When Character Was King.” These days, when I bring up character, Trumpsters tell me, “You just want a polite, lily-livered loser like Mitt Romney!”

First of all, the loser in 2012, in my judgment, was not Mitt Romney but the American people: who were stupid enough to opt for Obama over Romney. Mitt Romney is one of the most capable, most intelligent, most experienced, and most decent men ever to run for president. That Americans opted against him said more about them (us) than about him.

Second, conservatism does not equal loutishness. The Left has always said it does. It’s depressing to find that so many on the right agree with them.

4) Scott Walker, Rick Perry, and Bobby Jindal are all accomplished governors. In some instances, they have behaved heroically. And, of course, they don’t have a shot at the Republican presidential nomination. They can’t even make it to the starting-gate! To the actual voting! They have to drop out months before.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump is the Republican frontrunner. What does that say about the GOP and its values?

5) There are 300-plus million people in America. The two leading presidential candidates are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. What does this say about America and its values? Are there two people less suited to the presidency?

Enough Trumpservations, for now . . .

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