Even as the study opportunity hangs in the balance, I still play my smartphone.

Between a challenger and a loser, I'm neither fish nor fowl.

But recent years the landscape has started to change.

The performance in which I now find myself says much about how my mind has changed since then—and thechange still to come.

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Trump's core principle of his campaign:

    There is no subject so controversial or off the rander that he will not speak his mind about it.

In western countries globalization produces losers faster than winners, Mr. Trump think, so democracy wil eventually indicate his side. Any issue that highlights the gap between grandees and commoner helps his cause.