See on CNN the editorial by Smercornish “Did Trump change America or reveal it?” 

Ever since the rise of Trumpism I’ve been scratching my head, asking “Who knew? Who knew that the American electorate is so ignorant, sub-rational, amoral?” But the question cited above is the answer. People like me have been clinging to the hope that America still means what it says, remains committed to the values it has professed. But it is now clear that the majority of Americans have abandoned, indeed, probably have never accepted these values. This fact has been evident all along, but our hope and self-deception blinded us to it.