How Trump Happened
Schier, Steven E. / Eberly, Todd E.![How Trump Happened](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/328/32817085/CHSBZCOP0332817085.jpg)
The stunning 2016 election and presidency of Donald Trump was decades in the making. Three trends since the 1960s created the conditions for his triumph. First, a growing popular discontent with government, long evident in public opinion, created a widespread distrust of established leaders and institutions. Second, America underwent the rise of "professional government." Governing professionals are an elite built on merit through occupational...