Thanks for the in-depth reply and that’s a great point about Trump being a media personality who became a politician rather than vice versa. But I’m not entirely sure I agree someone else would fill the niche were it not for Trump. They tried to find a replacement trump for the first few years of the Biden administration, and even as late as last year they were still at it and nobody worked. I agree that Trump was the right guy at the right moment, but doesn’t Trump’s position in culture perpetuate and the extend that moment? No one can know for sure but the world may well have moved on from where it was in 2015 had Trump never gotten into politics.

Great Man Theory would see him authoring events. He's done no such thing. Events author him

This is very accurate and concise. Gonna use this in the future.