Critics Should Respond

Not all of Trump’s outrages can or should be ignored. His lies need to be fact-checked. His racism needs to be called out. Most important, his attempts to obstruct justice need to be stopped, not encouraged, by Congress. But people who are disturbed by his presidency should keep reminding themselves of the big goal here: persuading Trump supporters and Trump agnostics that his presidency is damaging the country.

“These people don’t exist in a vacuum. They emerge when there is a total distrustof the elite,” Zingales told me recently. “The more the elite goafter him, the more people think, ‘He’s one of us.’ ”

Source  New York Times    David Leonhardt  Op-Ed Columnist