re: Is the reason the left has gone so whacko and extreme because of Trump?

I don't think most people realize how radical Obama wanted to be during his term. Remember, they thought Hillary had it in the bag. They didn't expect her to get such backlash and for Trump to be so strong in 2016. The debate where Trump told the world he uses the same tax breaks as every one of the candidate's donors and he knows they won't change shite was the night he set the left's arse on fire.