This is the most nonsensical column I've read. So, Trump "sees" these people? No, he exploits them, he exploits their sense of victim-hood and nascent racism. Trump is not offering reason for hope, but a focus for hate. And this is nothing really new for the Republicans, every GOP candidate since Nixon has played upon white working class racism to get themselves elected. Trump is just not being as subtle, he's eschewed the traditional GOP dog whistle for a megaphone. The GOP aided by Fox News has kept up a constant racist drum beat for the last eight years and they opened the door for Trump to walk right through.