Tony another great piece.  Unfortunately the comments are getting off track with regard to the premise of the piece - whether Trumps bombastic behavior is good politics.

The fact that it could is hard for most Globe readers to understand.  We go to New York or California and other Democratic states, not really seeing the displaced white group that you eloquently position waiting in line.  Simply put, most Canadians don't know the silent majority. 

This is the same group that want huge money for unskilled work, because there was a day that that was possible.  This is the group that technology and innovation have left behind.  A group that cannot afford to be as magnanimous as others and yet we all lambaste them for their views.

They are not us, but they are people who deserve better like all North Americans.  Income inequality, finding a path to prosperity for all is the key.  The answers are not simple and the solution will not come fast.  But it is our duty to address it.