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If you're waiting for the latest controversy or scandal to sink Trump for his supporters, keep waiting. It will never happen. I just watched an analysis on CNN between Chris Cuomo and Dick Gregory over whether Biden can peel off Trump-sympathetic voters in a battle for the soul of the nation. It was really sad how out of touch these people are; that Trump supporters are afraid of the left and like Trump 'in spite of his flaws because the alternative is worse'. As if Biden could just position himself square in the center and it would pull Trump supporters over to his side. Republicans do not want a compromise candidate. Why would they?
The vast majority of Trump's supporters do not like Trump in spite of his behavior, his laughably low intellect, his dictator-like tendencies, his seemingly inability to master object permanence, and utter inability to navigate the very basics of government and cooperative problem solving -- they like him because of it. They are using him to destroy the government and the institutions of modern civilization from within. That's why his support will never drop below a certain very enthusiastic group -- his supporters feel that government is the one thing blocking their their agenda. Whether it's right-wing libertarians, overt racists, Christian fundamentalists, dictators and and aspiring dictator followers, oligarchs, etc... they all share a similar goal, dismantling of effective government.
To a large extent its not emotional, it's ideological. They don't feel uncomfortable with Trump on any level, except perhaps for the PR aspects which impacts their ability to spread their message.
This is the inevitable result of the Republican's shift away being an opposing political party with a different economic philosophy, and towards being a vehicle for the demonization and dismantling of government. A goal which allowed the various factions of conservatism to unite under a single banner decades ago. Trump is the fulfillment of this direction; he IS the chosen one. He is not an aberration.
Anyone who thinks that Trump is doing a good job of managing the government, or that his supporters want effective management government, is not a serious person.
The vast majority of Trump's supporters do not like Trump in spite of his behavior, his laughably low intellect, his dictator-like tendencies, his seemingly inability to master object permanence, and utter inability to navigate the very basics of government and cooperative problem solving -- they like him because of it. They are using him to destroy the government and the institutions of modern civilization from within. That's why his support will never drop below a certain very enthusiastic group -- his supporters feel that government is the one thing blocking their their agenda. Whether it's right-wing libertarians, overt racists, Christian fundamentalists, dictators and and aspiring dictator followers, oligarchs, etc... they all share a similar goal, dismantling of effective government.
To a large extent its not emotional, it's ideological. They don't feel uncomfortable with Trump on any level, except perhaps for the PR aspects which impacts their ability to spread their message.
This is the inevitable result of the Republican's shift away being an opposing political party with a different economic philosophy, and towards being a vehicle for the demonization and dismantling of government. A goal which allowed the various factions of conservatism to unite under a single banner decades ago. Trump is the fulfillment of this direction; he IS the chosen one. He is not an aberration.
Anyone who thinks that Trump is doing a good job of managing the government, or that his supporters want effective management government, is not a serious person.