If we had a rational, non-scary leader with pretty much exactly The Donald's core policies, I could support a large percentage of them. What I don't understand is what Trump cultists project onto him that somehow causes them to not see that this guy is nuts in a genuinely scary way. I COULDN'T STAND Hillary or Kamala, but it doesn't cause me to see Trump through rose-colored glasses. Within the TDS community, I think there are two distinct factions: (1) the Kamala types who simply have a VERY different vision of what America should be, and (2) those who, almost apart from anything to do with policy, can see that this guy is unhinged, scary and a possible threat to the very existence of the world. I would bet that, behind closed doors, pretty much 100% of other world leaders share view #2. Within the TCS (Trump Cultist Syndrome) community, there seems to be such visceral hatred of a cartoonish caricature of "Democrats" that Trump is a heroic figure as the antithesis of "those damn Democrats" even though he's nuts and scary. I have been agog ever since Dubya at the almost astoundingly goofy and unqualified characters that a country of 300 million people manages to nominate and elect - and The Donald is the absolute nadir, not only stunningly unqualified but nuts and scary. When I voted for him the first two times, I attributed it to an act that he was having fun with and enjoying - but there was a sane and savvy character behind the facade. Now I realize that what's behind the facade is scarier than the facade, by far.
