“In one year, the country will be absolutely bankrupt. You’ll live in squalor.” - Donald Trump

Donald Trump stood in front of autoworkers in Michigan and told them he had done more for them than their own parents. That was not just an awkward boast. It revealed the emotional demand at the center of his politics: give him credit for your safety, your prosperity, your identity, and even the people who raised you. From there, he turned the room toward fear, calling a protester a communist, branding Democrats as an existential enemy, invoking Pearl Harbor and 9/11, and laying the groundwor...