'Why bother?' Trump blamed for collapse of policy debates in presidential race

Donald Trump has hollowed out political discourse so thoroughly that few politicians from either party now bother to offer real policy solutions, according to a new analysis.

The Republican nominee often promises far-fetched solutions without a plausible course of action, such as his recent pledge to cut energy prices by half or "defeat inflation" in his first 100 days in office. And the media often uncritically amplifies those proposals, wrote Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell.