Why Was It So Difficult to Defeat Trump?

Donald Trump, on the one hand, managed to stir up sections of the white population against the elites and the super rich.

Donald Trump, on the one hand, managed to stir up sections of the white population against the elites and the super rich. He also encouraged racism against the non-white sections of the population. These were some of the aspects behind his massive success with the white vote. The politics of racism and resentment is behind both the success and failure of Donald Trump.