By Aakar Patel Conservative commentators in the US whose writing skills I have long admired are anguished by the rise of Donald Trump. The real-estate billionaire, reality television star and much-married celebrity has been on Page 3 for over three decades. For the last three months, he has been on Page 1 for leading the race to become the Republican Party's presidential nominee. Trump has two parts to his popularity. One is his colourful and outspoken personality , which marks him as an outsider to Washington. He is rude, quick to respond (using his twitter account as a megaphone), and in many ways unique. This outsider status is for some reason appealing to America's voters. This is...
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