Why Donald Trump Might Never Go Away

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The first time Donald Trump was supposed to be finished was the day he launched his 2016 presidential campaign. After descending Trump Tower’s golden escalator, the newly minted candidate promptly attacked Mexican immigrants by declaring, “They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists.” Horrified by this racist spectacle, the political cognoscenti labeled him radioactive and waited for his support to vanish. It didn’t. It only grew.