Commentary The populist disruptor, an unapologetic rough diamond, won a surprise victory with massive working-class support. In power, he battled overwhelming odds to keep his campaign promises, such as an anti-war foreign policy, fighting corruption, and challenging media bias. His political enemies within both the partisan opposition and his own government were legion. The bipartisan political class’s resistance metastasized, as it allied itself with powerful media and corporate actors to coordinate and choreograph his removal from office. Desperate to preserve its dominant position, the political class sought to foil the new leader’s efforts at every turn. Unable to dent his popularity on policy grounds, it falsely claimed the new leader governed under Russian influence. The preceding doesn’t summarize recent American political life. It’s a précis of the 1988 British TV series, “A Very British Coup,” adapted from Chris Mullin’s novel. Harry Perkins was the fictional socialist prime minister whose battles …