The Republican presidential front-runner has been the subject of several scathing pieces recently, including a piece by the editorial board for The Washington Post calling Trump “a threat to American democracy” and a piece by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), who released their updated global risk assessment on Wednesday, warning that a Trump victory “could disrupt the global economy and heighten political and security risks in the US.”

Brooks begins his piece by noting that “Republican voters seem to be selecting Donald Trump as their nominee. And in a democracy, victory has legitimacy to it. Voters are rarely wise but are usually sensible. They understand their own problems. And so deference is generally paid to the candidate who wins.”...

Brooks then explains that the media clearly misjudged Trump’s ascendance and notes that his followers are “are a coalition of the dispossessed,” who “have suffered lost jobs, lost wages, lost dreams,” and “naturally they are looking for something else,” as the American Dream has failed them.

He then blasts Trump, calling him “epically unprepared” to serve as president and “perhaps the most dishonest person to run for high office in our lifetimes.”