what then? because it's not just trump. trump is a kind of cynic -- you know, he's a kind of representation of a much deeper, problematic, that you've just laid out. that is to say, he's not -- we're not going to remove trumpism by removing trump from the playing field. i just don't believe that's the case. we're going to have to deal with what's at the heart of the problem, and at the heart of the problem is this feeling, at least i believe so, and i think the data backs me up on this, the feeling that a certain demographic in this country believes that they are under cultural and demographic threat. so, trump could be the object of a certain kind of leftist plot to keep him from running for office, but that's not going to resolve the problem at the heart of the polity, that there are all of these people who believe what he represents, because in fact, he represents them. >> you always make the political profound, eddie. let me ask you this, though, as a political matter, should they pursue this strategy?