The Reckoning

So it was Brexit, II! Who could've thunk it? Well, in hindsight the clear signals were there albeit ignored. To wit,

1. Um, Brexit itself, the uprising of modest middle class Anglo-Saxons against the global elite (i.e., the European Union) even at the expense of their own economic self-interests. 

2. Hillary Clinton couldn't put dispatch with alacrity a cranky 72 year old socialist from Vermont who wasn't even technically a Democrat in the presidential primary. Incredibly, Sanders' stunning upset of Clinton in the Michigan primary gave no pause to the Clinton campaign team that Michigan may be as difficult in the general as it was in the primary.

3. The widespread repudiation of Jeb Bush's attempt to reinstall the Bush Dynasty on the Republican side was an indication that voters overall probably weren't going to be too keen on a similar return of the D's Clinton Dynasty on the left (see #2 above).

4. It turns out the passion, newness, intensity, and size (and violence) of Trump's audiences was a reflection of a burning desire for change and for getting out the vote.