Reactionary manliness

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Aaron Maclean writes in the Weekly Standard,

...who better to inform the American man that his day is done than scowling, joyless Hillary? And what more natural response to her ascendance than a boastful, deeply insecure bully, who at least is willing to say the things that "establishment" figures won't—in part because he is willing to say anything?

...Not so up for fighting the Communists in Vietnam, but very ready today to mock the physically disabled—as in November, when Trump, playing to an appreciative audience, mimicked the stunted arm motion of Serge Kovaleski, a reporter who suffers from arthrogryposis, a chronic condition that causes that kind of thing. Very ready to claim that women who question him, like Megyn Kelly, are probably menstruating. Very ready to call a reporter who asked reasonable questions about the multimonth disappearance of money Trump had claimed to raise for veterans a "sleaze," as he did this past week to ABC's Tom Llamas. The lashing out often has a tactical payoff—the conversation turns to whether or not Llamas is a sleaze, and not to the likelihood Trump would have turned over the cash had reporters not hounded him.

...And that's just the reporters! Trump's political opponents each get branded with a schoolyard taunt, and it has been well observed that a sure guide to the man's own insecurities can be found in the insults he dishes out off-the-cuff. If you find yourself in a confrontation with Trump, know that if you go after his intelligence, success, or weight, you will be sure to hit a nerve.