Trump is no more unhinged than his critics. He has managed to capture two issues (protectionism and immigration) that had been parts of the Democrats platforms and made them his own, much to the consternation of the Republicans which favored liberal immigration and free trade (both being highly pro-business, albeit anti-labor, policies). Assuming the Democrats continue to move radically to the left, there will be an opportunity for a centrist moderate (someone pro-business, for consistent internationalist muscular foreign policies, etc.) to run as a fusion as moderates of both parties, together, outnumber the Trump or Socialist bases that appear to now control their respective parties.
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