There was a massive disconnect between what Trump was telling Americans on their television screens and what they were experiencing in their everyday lives.
The culture war between the MAGA camp and the wokeist coalition of crypto-Communists and bleeding heart liberals shows that the failure has continued for a quarter of a century.
The fierce debate within the party over pro-Israel and anti-Israel positions, sparked by Mamdani, is likely to continue disrupting U.S. politics for the foreseeable future.