David French tells us that three words explain Trump’s attraction to fundamentalists: certainty; ferocity; and solidarity. Is he right?
Yes, but he left out a fourth word: minority. Fundamentalists weren’t a threat to liberal democracy as long as they were convinced they represented a majority of Americans. Changing demographics, the election of a black president, increasingly empty churches, and extreme opinions on social media and Fox News have persuaded them that the apocalypse is nigh and that only a monopoly on political power can prevent it. Trump looks like a fighter to them, so his moral failings, if anything, are an asset, not a liability.