Fair question. I'll attempt to answer it.
Not too good at analogies (disclaimer), but here goes:
A family's breadwinner (say it's the father, for arguments sake) makes a fairly good living and manages to support his family. But he's also a supreme asshole. He's a narcissistic, egomaniacal, bigoted, hypocritical, pathological-lying son of a bitch who provides a terrible example to his children. He picks fights with all his neighbors... and everyone around him hates him. BUT.... he makes a good enough living to buy his kids clothes and toys and all sorts of cool stuff.
Some dude from outside the family tells his kids that he's an asshole, and kids jump the dude's shit. No he isn't... they shout. He's the best father in the world. He buys them toys and stuff... and that's all they care about. Their dad could go out in the middle of the street and shoot someone... and they'd still have his back.
But they're his kids. Poor little bastards don't know any better. They'll lap up whatever horseshit comes out of their dad's mouths because well..... he buys them toys.
Anyway.... enough with the lousy analogy.
Fact of the matter is..... a huge part of it is Trump himself, but guess what. Another part of it are the Trump blind fans.
Blind fans are the same everywhere. In politics much like boxing. Don't matter whether what the guy does from one day to the next is right or wrong. That's their man, goddammit! and they'll go down with the burning ship with him.
Makes for some interesting (and pathetic) conversations
From Day One I gave Trump whatever meager credit there was to give. I separated myself from the polarized blind fans and rabid haters.
But it's like pissing into the wind. You get nowhere being impartial. The only way to survive in today's polarized world is to be in one ridiculous camp or the other.
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