Trump Wants Revenge—And So Does His Base

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Donald Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee, and he has vowed revenge on his political enemies. His voters want revenge as well—on their fellow citizens.

First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:

• The ruin that a Trump presidency would mean
• You should go to a Trump rally.
• The world is falling apart. Blame the flukes.

Years of Humiliation

Last night’s Iowa caucus results confirm that Donald Trump is almost certainly headed for the GOP presidential nomination. So much for the hopes of establishment Republicans (the handful who remain, anyway) and other conservatives that voters would refuse to join Trump’s personal crusade for vengeance against the American system of government.

Such hopes were always the thinnest of reeds: The Republican base actively embraces