Why Americans secretly love a gladiatorial blowhard like Donald TrumpJames PoulusAdmit it. You're glad Donald Trump is running for president.
Maybe you think his candidacy will be a hoot. Maybe you think it will sink the fortunes of your political opponents. Maybe his candidacy has inspired you to deliver a high-minded lament of our corroding national character. Maybe you're actually a Trump true believer. (They do exist! Trump is in a respectable fifth place in New Hampshire, according to Real Clear Politics.) One way or another, you're probably going to take some pleasure from Trump 2016.
And let's admit this, too: Deep down, many of us are glad Trump is running because we're addicted to the sort of vapid, stakes-less bloodsport that has become his specialty.
In America today, it's often all about being instinctively combative, congenitally unapologetic, and perpetually on-message. We know that those with the greatest talent in attitudinal warfare have limitless opportunities. They understand how much our first commandment, Believe in Thyself, depends on the dark imperative to believe in your haters.
Without provoking haters, you have little hope of earning the support of unwashed millions too obscure and put-upon to participate in the greatest show on earth, our public performance of mutual enmity. With an army of haters arrayed against you, as everyone from Kanye West to Amy Schumer can attest, the world is yours.
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