"I felt sadness and a pity for this man."
"I try to see his followers with empathetic eyes."
"Contemplation is ....surrendering yourself to the presence of the Divine within you."
"Such practice awakens you to what is real and to your true self.

Like a well meaning parent/friend I will cautiously but firmly take the author to task and issue a caveat to readers who succumb to the intrinsic notion of this article.
Too many of us blithely assume that "when we enter within ourselves" and "let go" we encounter the "Divine within". We are inclined to do so but we can also encounter what is devoid of the divine.  At its most intimate level we encounter choice.
Too many assume, preach as if it is inevitably a good thing; for the good or The Good. 
Of course feel sadness and pity for this man, but first, in that very contemplative state begin to understand that people like Trump, are more expert at it than you are and see it as the choice and some, even the genius of manipulation.