Is Trump the Alpha Male, or is he the Great White Hope of those abandoned by their country? 

I truly don't understand racial politics, but have the uncomfortable perception that we humans just aren't able to belong to a tribe that is very different from us. Combine the sure destruction of the lower middle class by cutthroat capitalism as it moves manufacturing to Mexico and China, and the loss of the ability of the Democratic Party to help poor whites as unions weaken, and Trump emerges as the only Republican championing them. 

Kind of weird that a billionaire is the one who gets how lost and afraid poor people are, who gets that Americans have awoken to the lie that business cares, that politicians represent them, that the future is anything but a bleak fight for dignity and hope.

Sure, I will be voting for Bernie, but I understand Trump's appeal. Don't mistake it for something temporary. This American ship is sinking, and terror leads to grasping at any straw.
Hugh Massengill