Peggy Noonan, the Wall Street Journal writer and former aide to Bush 41, says her establishment friends inside and out of the Republican Party are out of touch over what is happening regarding Donald Trump and his run for the presidency.

Writing in the WSJ, Noonan says "Trumpism" is about those outside of elite circles rising up:

One is the deepening estrangement between the elites and the non-elites in America. This is the area in which Trumpism flourishes. We’ll talk about that deeper in.

Second, Mr. Trump’s support is not limited to Republicans, not by any means.

Third, the traditional mediating or guiding institutions within the Republican universe—its establishment, respected voices in conservative media, sober-minded state party officials—have little to no impact on Mr. Trump’s rise.  

Noonan goes on to describe her travels across America over the past few months, her conversations with people from all walks of life who back Trump including those never involved in politics before and even Hispanic immigrants:

My friend Cesar works the deli counter at my neighborhood grocery store. He is Dominican, an immigrant, early 50s, and listens most mornings to a local Hispanic radio station, La Mega, on 97.9 FM. Their morning show is the popular “El Vacilón de la Mañana,” and after the first GOP debate, Cesar told me, they opened the lines to call-ins, asking listeners (mostly Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican) for their impressions. More than half called in to say they were for Mr. Trump. Their praise, Cesar told me a few weeks ago, dumbfounded the hosts. I later spoke to one of them, who identified himself as D.J. New Era. He backed Cesar’s story. “We were very surprised,” at the Trump support, he said. Why? “It’s a Latin-based market!”  

Noonan writes that after Trump threw out Jorge Ramos from his news conference earlier this week, the Latin-based audience still backed Trump:

I said, "Cesar, you’re supposed to be offended by Trump. He said Mexico is sending over criminals, he has been unfriendly, you’re an immigrant." Cesar shook his head. "No, you have it wrong. Immigrants," he said, "don’t like illegal immigration, and they’re with Mr. Trump on anchor babies. They are coming in from other countries to give birth to take advantage of the system. We are saying that! When you come to this country, you pledge loyalty to the country that opened the doors to help you.”

Read the whole Noonan piece here , including her chat with a political consultant who says Trump's appeal goes well beyond the GOP and that the American political moment is up for grabs.