--- title: Donald Trump Is Driving the Political Elite Crazy description: Why Trump's latest hit show is driving the political elite crazy canonical: https://time.com/4004389/the-donald-has-landed/ author: Michael Scherer article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-20T09:55:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:18:35.306Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Is Driving the Political Elite Crazy og:description: Why Trump's latest hit show is driving the political elite crazy og:url: https://time.com/4004389/the-donald-has-landed/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Is Driving the Political Elite Crazy twitter:description: Why Trump's latest hit show is driving the political elite crazy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Why Donald Trump Is Winning by [Michael Scherer](https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/) ## Michael Scherer Aug 20, 2015 9:55 AM UTC by [Michael Scherer](https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/) ## Michael Scherer Aug 20, 2015 9:55 AM UTC There are some things you just can’t do in politics, not at the presidential level, anyway. This is a game like any other, with rules honed over decades by the pros in blue blazers clutching focus-group results: Be likable. Don’t make enemies. Respect the party elders. Avoid funny hats. And never wear white bucks or French cuffs to the Iowa State Fair… [Read the full story here. ](http://time.com/trump/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4004389/the-donald-has-landed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4004389/the-donald-has-landed/"},"headline":"Why Donald Trump Is Winning","datePublished":"2015-08-20T09:55:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:18:35.306Z","description":"Why Trump's latest hit show is driving the political elite crazy","url":"https://time.com/4004389/the-donald-has-landed/","keywords":["Election 2016","politics","campaign"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michael Scherer","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/election-2016/","name":"Election 2016"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4004389/the-donald-has-landed/","name":"Why Donald Trump Is Winning"}}]}] ```