This story was originally published on nationaljournal.com on November 15, 2016 Before assigning blame for why Hillary Clinton lost a race that she was supposed to win, it seems appropriate to first give credit to the victor. Whether you like or agree with President-elect Donald Trump, you have to give him credit for seeing and tapping into something that few others saw. From his gilded 58th floor, three-story apartment in Trump Tower overlooking Central Park, the real estate developer and television personality somehow peered into the American psyche and detected a growing anger and resentment among working- and lower- middle-class whites, particularly those in small towns, far suburbs, and rural areas, who feel left behind in the 21st-century global economy. Trump has lived in New York City for most of his 70 years, excepting a stint at a military prep school and an Ivy League interlude at Penn in Philadelphia, and his life was catalogued in glossy Manhattan style and society magazines. Yet alone among the presidential candidates, this moneyed, citified man sensed the grievances of country people toward the
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