For the greater part of the mainstream media and the political establishment, and not only in the US, Donald Trump was long an object of, if not derision, at least condescension.
Provided the election were conducted properly, it seemed likely, especially after noting economic considerations, the degree of illegal immigration and the apparent unpopularity of the use of ‘lawfare’ against Trump, that he would win.
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