Thultanthar
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Humans are totally imperfect, irrational, and emotional beings.
There are those that will support him simply because he is the current president and we are in a time of crisis, like Bush. There are those that support him because he platformed as a Republican, as well as claiming to be anti-establishment. There are many who so closely identify their personal existence with their political party, that it simply does not matter who they are or what they do; if they're Republican, they're absolved. There are the uneducated, who value the anti-immigrant, conservative populist rhetoric common in times of economic stagnation. Some people are purely anti-democrat, meaning that any non-democrat is a viable figure.
What's fascinating is that Trump's campaign did something I thought was almost impossible:
Making conservatism a counter-culture movement and "cool".
In general, I wouldn't worry about what he does outside of economic and environmental policies. Many before him have done much worse, and while that's "whataboutism", there's truth in that statement you must acknowledge. We're still paying for the shitty choices Hoover made regarding the Middle East, decades ago.
