TRUMP CAMPAIGN: America, the world is full of thugs who are out to get you. Illegal immigrants are coming by the millions to rape you, kill you, and steal your job. Foreigners with friendly handshakes are really here to rip you off. Terrorists are everywhere. Criminals abound in our cities. And what do the wimpy liberals want to do? They want to open the doors and let the foreign bad guys in and the domestic criminals out!
I alone am tough and clear-sighted enough to fight back. I will protect you from the bad guys. If I seem a little unconventional and rough, that’s what it takes to survive in such an evil and violent world.
RESPONSE: In reality, Trump has done nothing to make Americans safer. He has damaged our alliances, sucked up to dictators, and behaved so capriciously that no one can trust him. Only someone foolish enough to believe that bluster is strength will buy into this. Unfortunately, there are tens of millions of Americans who fit that description.