tuesday of the primary season. president trump's election changed a lot in the playing field, even though salena zito will tell you, donald trump did not create what's going on in this country, he's the result of what's happening. she's here. the author of a new book, inside the populist coalition. do you know who says that this is an important book? no less than the president of the united states tweeting that this is a book that people should read. first of all, congratulations to you. >> thank you so much. >> always appreciate the insight early on. you were telling me you have to pay attention to these people. trump isn't creating them. they are creating trump. pay attention. >> yep. >> you were right. so, let's do a state of play. west virginia, don blankenship, i'm trumpier than trump. do you agree with his assessment of him? do you believe that he is more appealing to the base than trump might even have been? >> you know what i think is so interesting about all of the