Trump is not here to destroy democracy but to refresh it, by Ramesh Thakur.

Trump was channelling the frustrations of the forgotten heartland of hollowed-out Middle America with the promise to stick it to the snobs (elites) and scolds (political correctness warriors).

Trump is neither a threat to democracy nor a symptom of its flaws but the people’s chosen instrument to refresh and regenerate democracy. Most citizens’ core demands are a decent job, affordable education for the kids, accessible healthcare for the family and a modest income to support life after retirement. …

If most Americans were racists, they would not have elected Barack Hussein Obama president twice. Were they mostly misogynists, Clinton would not have got more votes than Trump.

It beggars belief that many politicians see no problem with section 18C and reject the call to review and tweak it. …

People have a deeply ingrained sense of fairness and systemic unfairness builds a powerful sense of grievance that only needs tapping by a populist demagogue to wreak political havoc. …

Clinton was the candidate of choice for the war machine. Trump is saner in recognising the limits of US power.