I can live in a relatively Trump free world. I mean, yah twitter mentions him, but fortunately most of my followers just post jokes and insults about the guy when they deign to mention his name.

Find it funny actually, a LOT of voice actors have been mentioning History of the World recently with regards to Trump. That "Bucket Of Shit" line has come up several times in fact.

For me, I always picture him as he was presented in Home Alone 2. When asked by an obviously unaccompanied minor for directions, he complied the minimum amount needed, then went about his day. I envision his presidency would be similar.

Perhaps it's because I am so thoroughly lodged in the geopolitical world, but I find Trump criticism coming from the left far too simple. There is nation-shattering nuance underway that is destroying the Neocons; it is killing members of the War Party, including Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump is trolling America, and he is sabotaging its military-industrial horror show at the same time.

Are Democrats not seeing this? Little critical thinking is required to denounce Trump as an obvious racist and bigot. But is this where analysis stops? Why do the foolproof political epithets of racism and bigotry suddenly have no meaningful traction?

The Left seems to be missing "the greatest show on earth": Trump's deconstruction of the Neocon empire, which is now in an historic panic:

There is certainly a demagogic element to Trump's astonishing rise, which his opponents – particularly those on the right – make much of. The recent jeremiad against him launched by the neocons over at National Review was filled with comparisons to Mussolini, Juan Peron, Hitler (of course!), and even Andrew Dice Clay, this latter barb a direct appeal to the smug snobbery that characterizes our urban elites. “He’s “vulgar,” he’s “rude,” etc. etc., and those were some of the gentler ways they characterized him personally.

Yet demagoguery didn’t bother the Neocons when it was deployed by George W. Bush as he marched us off to a disastrous war – a war Trump opposed, and continues to denounce today – and implied that his critics were in league with America’s enemies. “You’re either with us or you’re with the terrorists” – remember that one? Do you recall how Bush’s partisans over at National Review tried to tar conservative and libertarian opponents of the Iraq war as having “turned their backs on their country”? Demagoguery in the service of mass murder is fine with them: it’s only when their own methods are turned against them that the War Party starts to get religion.

Yes, Trump rose to prominence initially on the strength of his anti-immigration and protectionist stance… but this doesn’t account for the hysterical opposition to his candidacy coming from the neoconservatives. National Review has been a veritable fount of anti-Muslim propaganda, with the writings of Andrew McCarthy, Mark Steyn, Kevin Williamson, and a host of others all polemicizing against the idea that terrorism is primarily due to US actions abroad, and holding that the roots of Bin Ladenism lie in the nature of Islam per se. Given the logic of their longstanding position, how can they object to Trump’s proposal to temporarily ban Muslim immigration? Yet there they were, breaking Godwin’s Law and claiming that we’d be facing an American Kristallnacht if Trump gets in the White House. What chutzpah!

No, the real motive behind the neoconservative holy war against Trump is rooted in his foreign policy positions, which the neocons rightly view as a direct threat to their internationalist project.

The excerpt above is from Justin Raimondo at Anti-War, which was recently a featured link at Evening Blues. But in recent weeks a stream of essays have been focused on the very public Neoconservative panic being caused by Donald Trump, including many who hold leadership positions in the White House, the DOD, the CFR, the State Department, the Department of Justice, and across many Intelligence Agencies.

Examining Trump’s foreign policy pronouncements over the years – the GOP frontrunner wonders why we are stationing 28,000 troops in South Korea, complains that we’re defending Japan while they slap tariffs on our products, and says we have no business stationing tens of thousands of soldiers in Europe, which can damn well take care of itself... And, of course, Trump is an “isolationist,” because he’s sick of coddling our shiftless “allies” while they rip us off and laugh at us behind our back, all the while huddling under the protective wingspan of the American eagle.

Lately, one can’t help but think that the average American would agree with each and every one of Trump's foreign policy heresies.

If American's continue to reject Neocon foreign intervention — and the terrible price they pay for it —Trumpism is nothing short of the overthrow of the US establishment in Washington, which is exactly what Americans from both parties are currently demanding.

Raimondo's must-read essay ends on this note:

Trump’s personal shortcomings are beside the point. The lesson to be taken from this episode is the centrality of foreign policy in the political life of our country. The doggedness with which the internationalists are attacking Trump, the nature of their criticisms, and the viciousness of their tactics is an indication of how hard it will be to dislodge them – just as Trump’s popularity shows how eager Americans are to hear someone tell them that we don’t have to continue being the policeman of the world….

The meaning of Trumpism is that Americans want to rid themselves of the burden of empire. Trump’s rise augurs a seismic shift in the foreign policy debate in this country, marking the end of the interventionist consensus that dominates both parties. And it certainly means the final defeat and humiliation of the neoconservatives, who are busy spewing vitriol at him and his “plebeian” supporters. And that alone is worth whatever price we have to pay for the triumph of Trump. For the neocons are the very core of the War Party: their demise as a politically effective force inside the GOP is an event that every person who wants a more peaceful world has been longing for and should celebrate.

Although I am fairly certain the republic has been lost — one cannot help but note that the revolution really is being televised.