With this likely loss for Trump, it's worthwhile to reflect on his political legacy

To me his signal achievement was political

In 2012, the mantra was "demography is destiny"
We were told demographic changes gave Democrats a permanent majority

Trump took that on and succeeded!

I remember in 2012, all pundits sang in unison

For Republican party to succeed again, it has to become more endearing to non-whites and the poor. Move to the center on a number of issues

Trump sort of did that, but not by moving to the center. But moving further right

What Trump did was akin to a batsman moving inside the line of the ball to hit a ball on leg stump over cover

Or akin to what Laxman did in 2001. Hit Shane Warne against spin rather than with the spin!

Totally ignoring conventional wisdom

As a President he turned out to be rather weak as one would've expected

Hardly a fascist as some on the Left painted him

Rather an incompetent, blabbering fool

But his political genius fundamentally changed one of the great political parties in history

And created a future for it that was denied by all pundits

He refused to accept demography as destiny. Chose to create an alternative reality