Trump is a maverick, an unfiltered disruptor of the political system, and even weird to many. But he has his ways – the Trump Factor or Trump Effect in Electoral Democracy – deserving serious attention from world politicians and research by political scientists, scholars and students.
By American standards, a convicted felon, twice impeached president now facing more trials for sexual abuse, electoral fraud cases and financial impropriety should be in jail and nowhere near the White House.
Why has Trump defied all logic, carrying an otherwise heavy baggage of opprobrium as a badge of honour?
