Truth, Plausbility and the Rise of MAGA Fascism

Many in the political class spent too much time dismissing the truth about Trump because it did not seem plausible.

The rise of the MAGA fascist movement over the last eight years was facilitated by an inability of the political class in the early days of the movement to accept and recognize the reality of the threat.

One way to think about this is to imagine a scenario back in 2016 where Donald Trump did not win the Republican nomination but John Kasich, Jeb Bush or …