{"id":36289,"date":"2016-11-10T02:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=36289"},"modified":"2017-11-02T12:01:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T16:01:50","slug":"tracking-the-rise-of-il-donalduce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/11\/10\/tracking-the-rise-of-il-donalduce\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the rise of <em>Il Donalduce<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was curious enough to go back to when I created a &#8220;DonaldTrump&#8221; tag for posts here on the blog and see how much has changed since he entered the race:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The tag was created on June 18 of last year when I posted a link to P.J. O&#8217;Rourke&#8217;s notion that <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2015\/06\/18\/p-j-orourke-donald-trump-may-be-the-perfectly-representative-candidate\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump was the perfectly &#8220;representative&#8221; candidate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In August (two months with no Trump sightings? <em>Those<\/em> were the days&#8230;), I linked to <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2015\/08\/13\/the-unlikely-appeal-of-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\">Walter Russell Mead<\/a> taking a swing at defining what it is that Trump offered to the disaffected plurality (majority?) of would-be Republican voters. A few days later, Megan McArdle <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2015\/08\/18\/donald-trumps-immigration-policy-proposals\/\" target=\"_blank\">found herself coming back to the phrase \u201cbag o\u2019 crazy\u201d<\/a> when she tried to make sense of Donald Trump\u2019s immigration proposals.<\/li>\n<li>In September, I linked to <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2015\/09\/12\/trump-isnt-a-political-candidate-hes-a-political-fireship\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grant McCracken&#8217;s<\/a> explanation for why revelations of faults and gaffes didn\u2019t cost Trump much of his support, while <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2015\/09\/14\/trump-and-middle-class-respectability\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ace<\/a> speculated that the Trump kryptonite might be &#8220;middle class respectability&#8221;.  <\/li>\n<li>In December, <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2015\/12\/10\/i-rank-the-odds-of-a-trump-presidency-somewhere-below-the-odds-of-my-winning-the-lottery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Megan McArdle<\/a> wrote a piece that an unkind soul might call to her attention now, including the immortal line &#8220;I rank the odds of a Trump presidency somewhere below the odds of my winning the lottery&#8221;. We also looked at <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2015\/12\/13\/the-overton-window-meets-the-donald\/\" target=\"_blank\">the impact of &#8220;The Donald&#8221; on &#8220;The Overton Window&#8221;<\/a>, and Megan McArdle got uncharacteristically <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2015\/12\/17\/a-slightly-more-plausible-conspiracy-theory-about-the-donald\/\" target=\"_blank\">conspiracy theoristic<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In January, <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/01\/23\/scott-adams-theory-about-donald-trump-is-looking-better-all-the-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Adams<\/a> began earning more attention (and much more vilification) for his &#8220;master persuader&#8221; posts on the Trump insurgency, and <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/01\/30\/the-vast-chasm-between-trump-supporters-and-the-conservative-establishment\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tucker Carlson<\/a> explained why the conservative establishment so badly misjudged the folks who vociferously supported The Donald. <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/01\/31\/the-odd-role-of-iowa-in-the-2016-election\/\" target=\"_blank\">Colby Cosh<\/a> also gave props to Adams and discussed the odd state of the state of Iowa in US presidential elections.<\/li>\n<li>In March, economist <a href=\"http:\/\/Don Boudreaux thinks there might be a slight advantage to the republic if Trump beats Clinton in the election\" target=\"_blank\">Don Boudreaux<\/a> speculated on the possible good outcome of a Trump electoral victory, and Colby Cosh wrote \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/03\/17\/qotd-trumps-populism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dear America: We need to talk about Donald<\/a>&#8220;. <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/03\/17\/trumps-possible-tactics-against-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Adams<\/a> speculated about Trump&#8217;s possible rhetorical tactics against Hillary Clinton in the general election. I also finally settled on the appropriate nickname to use for <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/03\/22\/il-donalduce-and-the-empty-republican-suits\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Il Donalduce<\/em><\/a>, having briefly tried &#8220;Mussotrumpi&#8221; and &#8220;The Donald&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>In April, <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/04\/05\/scott-adams-on-il-donalduces-recent-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Adams<\/a> wrote on some of <em>Il Donalduce<\/em>\u2019s recent political mistakes.<\/li>\n<li>In May, Adams discussed Clinton&#8217;s use of <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/05\/04\/scott-adams-on-clintons-literal-woman-card\/\" target=\"_blank\">the literal &#8220;Woman Card&#8221;<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/05\/13\/trumps-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Megan McArdle<\/a> bewailed the pointlessness of trying to analyze any given Trump policy. <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/05\/24\/qotd-the-battle-of-the-crony-capitalists\/\" target=\"_blank\">Warren Meyer<\/a> pointed out that Clinton and Trump are equally bad in terms of crony capitalism. <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/05\/24\/trump-is-probably-thinking-how-hard-can-it-be-to-run-a-government\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Geraghty<\/a> imagined that Trump was probably thinking \u201chow hard can it be?\u201d to run a government. <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/05\/31\/trump-is-gasp-shock-horror-right-about-californias-water-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Worstall<\/a> pointed out that, despite incoherency on other policies, Trump was correct on solving California&#8217;s water crisis.<\/li>\n<li>In June, <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/06\/01\/the-trump-as-scary-autocrat-scenario\/\" target=\"_blank\">Megan McArdle<\/a> refuted the &#8220;Trump is a scary autocrat&#8221; scenario, <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/06\/04\/the-zombie-hillary-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\">Camille Paglia<\/a> compared and contrasted the Clinton and Trump campaigns, and <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/06\/06\/scott-adams-declines-the-goebbels-role-and-makes-an-endorsement-to-secure-his-personal-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Adams<\/a> decides to endorse Clinton for his personal safety. <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/06\/11\/the-fear-of-il-donalduce\/\" target=\"_blank\">Simon Penner<\/a> explains why President Trump could not do all the things his hysterical opponents claim he would.<\/li>\n<li>In July, <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/07\/21\/qotd-the-economic-folly-of-mercantilism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shikha Dalmia<\/a> criticized the &#8220;return to mercantilism&#8221; aspects of Trump&#8217;s trade policies and <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/07\/25\/considering-martial-law-as-a-possible-electoral-end-game-tactic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Adams<\/a> considered the possibility of Obama declaring martial law to prevent President-elect Trump from taking office. <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/07\/30\/the-alienated-parts-of-the-old-republican-coalition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Freedland<\/a> looked at the alienated GOP establishment and the #NeverTrump-ers. <\/li>\n<li>At what appeared to be a low point in Trump&#8217;s fortunes in August, <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/08\/13\/if-trump-actually-wanted-to-lose-what-would-he-be-doing-differently\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Zincavage<\/a> wondered what Trump would be doing differently if he was actually aiming to lose. After what many pundits considered a potentially geopolitical destabilizing statement on NATO, <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/08\/16\/would-trump-pull-the-us-out-of-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Kratman<\/a> concludes that Trump wouldn&#8217;t actually abandon the alliance. Regardless of the election&#8217;s outcome, <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/08\/27\/scott-adams-finds-a-silver-lining-to-the-2016-presidential-race\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Adams<\/a> thought he&#8217;d identified a silver lining to the 2016 presidential race.<\/li>\n<li>In September, <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/09\/06\/could-this-be-a-winning-strategy-for-il-donalduce\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Currie<\/a> suggested a three-part plan to bring about a Trump victory, and <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/09\/12\/the-impossible-choice-facing-american-voters-in-november\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tamara Keel<\/a> outlined the impossible choice facing American voters in November. <\/li>\n<li>October saw <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/10\/05\/you-have-to-die-to-eventually-get-out-of-the-taxes-few-people-are-willing-to-take-that-step\/\" target=\"_blank\">Megan McArdle<\/a> addressing the social media outrage at revelations from <em>Il Donalduce<\/em>&#8216;s partial tax returns leaked to the media. Also in October, an unusually fair article appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/Trump supporters aren\u2019t who you think they are\" target=\"_blank\">the <em>Guardian<\/em><\/a> on who Trump&#8217;s supporters really were, and <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/10\/22\/polls-voting-trends-and-turnouts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jay Currie<\/a> looked at the state of US election polling (which we now know from the differences between predictions and actual results is dire).<\/li>\n<li>In early November, <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/11\/05\/media-madness\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Stern<\/a> peered into the murky depths of the right-wing media bubble (and the matching one on the left), then the totally unexpected landslide occurred, and I <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/11\/09\/the-2016-election-result-was-really-the-work-of-the-media\/\" target=\"_blank\">blamed it on the media<\/a> (usually a safe accusation to make).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was curious enough to go back to when I created a &#8220;DonaldTrump&#8221; tag for posts here on the blog and see how much has changed since he entered the race: The tag was created on June 18 of last year when I posted a link to P.J. 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