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> Trump's election was in fact also a massive populist backlash

Trump lost the popular vote. It wasn't a populist backlash, it was a broken system.

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The system is broken, yes. But I think the point being made is that Trump received many millions of votes in spite of all Democrat and Republican contenders against him because of a 'populist backlash' against the status quo.