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This, Perhaps is the Reason Donald Trump Still Resonates with many Americans
Clearly, it is an understatement to assert that, ‘not everyone likes Donald Trump’. By the same token, clearly lots of Americans still seem to root for the guy.
Whether or not you like Donald Trump, one thing is turning out to be true, namely Donald Trump was spot on when, in 2015, he chose as his campaign slogan, ‘Make America Great Again’. It is, perhaps rightness and timeliness of the slogan that, in spite of his foibles, attracted Republicans and many right wing Americans to Donald Trump’s camp. For concreteness, it is matter of fact that Hillary Clinton did not evince same sense of urgency at righting of a ship that is keeled over, as Donald Trump.
If you think I am speaking politics, well I am not. For concreteness, take a look at the graph below, which is from one of my recently completed studies, Obrimah (2021).
Based on the chart above, with exception of Slovakia, the USA is further away — in absolute distance, that is, with abstraction away from signage of distance — from where it ought to be with respect to intersection of economic development and Income Inequality (RCI=0) than every…
