Trump
You are reading this, most of you, knowing at least something of the result of the presidential election. I am writing before the votes have been counted. This allows me to avoid the error of the campaign books. My reflections are not biased by any knowledge, however incomplete, of the outcome. Hearts are Trumps John Everett Millais (1829-1896) Photo Credit: Tate [CC BY-NC-ND] So I am able to write about Donald Trump without knowing whether the swing states are falling his way. And without that knowledge, it is already obvious that he has changed our understanding of politics profoundly. That his political career has been, however grim it may be to acknowledge it, a stunning success. And that, as a result, we have seen things about democracy we can never unsee. This will be the case whether he is heading for the White House or not. At a campaign stop in Iowa in 2016, Trump remarked: "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voter