A brief history of the paternity fight over America's most famous political bastard: How The Left Created Donald Trump -- The Federalist The Republican Party Created Donald Trump -- Ewick son of Ewick The G.O.P. Created Donald Trump -- from Nicholas Kristof in the NYT How David Brooks Created Donald Trump -- A Cato Institute goof writing in Forbes -- "The irony is that David Brooks, Barack Obama and their respective tribes bear much of the responsibility for the rise of Donald Trump." How Sarah Palin Created Donald Trump -- Molly Ball in The Atlantic The Bushes Created Trump: GOP establishment has no one to blame but itself -- Laura Ingrahamread more