are, but it didn't happen overnight. Not only was Trump inevitable, all those other loons who ran were inevitable, too. The crazed theocrats. The anti-abortion nuts. The conspiracy-theory black guy with a good education. The clueless scion of a former President. The bootstrappers. Teh stoopid allowed them all to prosper.
Who else is there in the Republican Party? Some of the base has run for the exits and some of their politicians are now Dems, to our detriment. In fact, you could make a case for a deliberate or inadvertent stealth takeover of the Democratic Party by Republicans. It's easier than forming another whole party. Cheaper, too. And everybody gets to vote Republican no matter which party they vote for. Win/win! 
What was so, so, so unusual about the Republican primaries was that the anointed one, Jeb, turned out to be such a non-entity that everyone, not just Republicans, was aghast. How was Jeb even vetted? Did the big boys think, during the cat fight that was obviously coming up, that Jeb could possibly hold his own? Why?
Both Republican and Democratic voters can be forgiven for thinking that Trump seems like the best of the bunch. He is. He would be unlikely to rule as a theocrat, for example. For another example, it truly is impossible to discern whether he believes in his own bullshit, so you can't depend upon that. He's a total unknown, which may seem preferable to the 1% asslicker you KNOW is going to fuck you over and has said as such.
Add to that the complete disillusionment of the entire public in the whole election process -- hinky election antics (it's been 15 years--why hasn't this been fixed?); the crappy economy; the raping of the middle class and poor; etc., and you get an election where unusual candidates have a chance to shine. This has been that election.
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