Victor Davis Hanson explains how Trump’s success and loss of support in the midterms mirrors western lore.
“…But as the centrists of the suburbs showed in the recent midterm elections, those who saw Trump as necessary in 2016 may now see him as optional in 2018 — and probably because of his successes rather than his failures. In other words, good times allow well-off voters to forget bad times. Success breeds options. They are freed to turn their attention to the controversial means that had achieved for them their desired ends…”
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/outsiders-trump-shane-save-the-day-but-are-ostracized/