I think you’re conflating a whole bunch of different points here.

Donald Trump couldn’t be the Democratic nominee not just because of the accusations of racism or sexism, but because of his whole style of discourse.

Trump doesn’t represent Democratic values or Republican values. As you say, many Republicans fought tooth and nail to stop him becoming the nominee before meekly falling in line once he emerged as their best shot at winning.

But a democratic nominee simply could not succeed on a platform of building walls or calling Mexicans rapists or locking up political opponents. It really would have mattered that he bragged about grappling women by the pussy or spying on naked teenage girls at beauty pageants.

This isn’t mean to suggest that Democrats are somehow paragons of moral virtue, they’re not, but the talking points that appeal to them require at least a pretence of inclusivity and decency that Trump is simply incapable of.

I’m totally at a loss to understand how you think Trump repudiated the 0.1 percent, or how you think “save the planet schemes” make the rich, richer. If you’re looking for somebody to repudiate those people, why not AOC or Bernie? I’m not sure where you got the information about Bernie receiving all this money from Wall Street but I’m pretty sure it’s inaccurate. Even if it’s not, Bernie has been crystal clear on his feelings about the super rich. So has AOC. When has Trump been as clear?

Saving the planet shouldn’t be a partisan issue. It’s baffling to me that anybody can think that way. Our children and their children will inherit this planet. Even if trying to protect it put millions directly into the pockets of my worst enemy (which it doesn’t), should I refuse to do it on those grounds?

Trump repudiated nothing but political correctness, he was the candidate who “said what he was thinking”. I think people were so delighted by this that they, as the black people I refer to in the article did, allowed themselves to ignore the character of the person doing it. Trump has shown at every turn that he doesn’t care about his supporters except for that they cheer for him and vote for him.

Where I think both sides of the aisle are going wrong is that they’re so laser focused on the failings of their opponents that they can’t take a look at their own failings. The Republicans and Democrats have both long since stopped caring about blue collar workers, they just hide it in different ways. The left by appealing to their morals and vague promises about hope and unity. The right (or at least Trumps right) by giving them a “liberal elite” boogeyman to direct their anger at and promising a return to “glory days” that are gone forever.