Donald Trump fancies himself to be acting in ways that the Founding Fathers would approve of, in his crusade to "take back the country." This election season has given us plenty of examples of what mob rule actually looks like. The Founders, scared to death of mob rule, devoted to science and rational argument, would have signed up as Never Trump in a heartbeat. Franklin, like all the Founders, worried about mob rule, fueled by demagogues who could whip up the emotions of otherwise normal individuals. But if anyone deserves the title of Sophist in Chief, it is Donald Trump.

Source: Huffington Post July 04, 2016 21:22 UTC