Anger at politicians driving the Trump surge

A lot of observers are asking what do people see in the guy?

A lot, as it turns out. On a trip to rural upstate New York I was surprised by the intensity of support for Donald Trump among friends and family. In many cases, it boiled down to a simple fact: they were angry.

Angry at President Barack Obama, angry at congressional leaders, and angry at the political establishment as a whole. And they’re not alone — can presidential candidate, and his campaign have said that he received the medical deferment because he had bone spurs in his feet. But they have given shifting accounts that are at odds with the few remaining documents in his Selective Service file.

Trump has given limited information about the nature of his medical surveys show that anger towards the Government, particularly among Republicans, has been rising over the course of Obama’s two terms in office. Trump is currently in the best position to channel it. All of the other major Republican candidates are career politicians, firmly ensconced in the party establishment that so many voters have grown to distrust. Trump is the only big-name candidate who can claim to be an “outsider”. A lot of voters want an outsider who can shake things up, who isn’t afraid to ailment from 1968 that left him classified as “1-Y,” or unqualified for duty except in the case of a national emergency.

On Sunday, Trump said he had a bone spur in his foot but couldn’t recall which one. He told reporters to research his draft records. Later that day, his campaign said he had bone speak the truth even if it offends and has proven leadership abilities.

Whether Trump can sustain this through 2016 is a different question. His resiliency has been surprising.

Would Americans vote a reality TV billionaire into the White House? It doesn’t seem likely. Yet when Terminator 3 came out in July 2003 it didn’t seem plausible that the star would win the governor’s mansion of one of the nation’s largest states just four months later, either.

— Washington Post, Bloomberg spurs in both of his heels.

Trump’s draft board records show that he had another armed forces physical two years earlier, on December 15, 1966. Although the ledger does not spell out the results, he was not granted a medical deferment at the time — indicating that he was found fit for duty.