There are too many middling politicians in this country who look at Donald Trump with envy. I might not like his politics, they think, but isn’t he such a great communicator? Don’t you see how good he is at speaking to normal people? What could we learn from this? The answer, of course, is nothing.

History tells us that governments can ask for huge increases in the volume and speed of house building, or a proper focus on quality and safety, not both.

Trump succeeds at being Trump because he is nothing like most politicians. He has built a character over decades of TV series, pro-wrestling cameos and a flashy, moneyed, highly public life of excess. Staid, serious politicians on this side of the Atlantic only embarrass themselves by attempting to ape his style.

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