The day after one of the greatest political upsets in world history, I dug out my July 2016 exchange with “David,” an Ohio left-wing retired law professor whom I once considered my best friend. He wrote:“Larry,“Donald Trump — the screaming, the red face, the slashing hand gestures, the repeated appeals to familial blood spilled by outsiders, the vow to deport 3 percent of the American population.“The demonization of our present leaders as stupid, as weak, as corrupt, as criminals, as traitors, as not citizens, as not Christians.“The mischaracterization of our country as broken, as suffering, as crushed underfoot by foreign forces.“The assertion that only he can save us ...“This is unique to American politics, Larry. But the world has seen this before.“If you can’t see it after last night’s speech I am afraid you will never see it.“You have spent your entire career denying that racism still exists.