140-Character Catharsis: The Secret Appeal Of Trump's Rust Belt Strategy

We know the metathesis by now. The argument that economic frustration, plus elite coastal neglect of fly-over agony, drove Trump's win is now as oxidized as those hulking, ferrous-patinated factories in Youngstown, Ohio. But I am convinced that Trump's Twitter rants - their explosive and unmediated primal fury - tap into a deeper wellspring than just economic anxiety. His in-the-moment, consequence-free, grandly unedited Twitter style is a potent fantasy for working-class people who have to step...