This is what the continued existence of almost 250 years of democracy is up against
(tesseract.dubvee.org)
Edit: Image is from this Reuters article deconstructing Trump's latest rally.
I suspect it has something to do with the collapse of the new deal coalition and the rise of neoliberal economics such as trade deals meant to gut unions, finance and media consolidation, and ending the welfare state...
But I'm just a blue collar boy... what do I know?