Trump&#x27;s opponents don&#x27;t get it. His supporters are eating this stuff up. Every time he does something ridiculous or outrageous his numbers go up.<p>The thing that&#x27;s fueling him is (on the right) analogous to what&#x27;s fueling Sanders: the American middle class has been losing ground since the 1970s and people are fuming mad and ready to try <i>anything</i> other than the status quo. People <i>want</i> to vote for a lunatic who will go into Washington and turn over tables and break things. That&#x27;s the point.<p>Don&#x27;t get me wrong. I think Trump would be a disaster. I also think Sanders might be a disaster, though less so and for radically different reasons. But I do get why the support is there.