Trump’s ad libs about the news of the day are no more substantive than a bunch of old ladies gossiping about their neighbors.
But it humanized him; it felt like he was saying the same things that Joe six-pack would say over a beer after a day at the job site.
Contrast it with Romney - two billionaires, but one was a corporate raider while the other was a construction and real estate magnate. Which one might the day laborer identify with more?
-PJ