Why Do People Still Support Trump?

 

That is a question which simply befuddles the Left – and that is part of the answer.  If they hate him, so what?  It’s one reason, for those on the right, to continue backing him (i.e. what you oppose, I support!).

Yet the main reason is deeper seated.  Trump, carries the gauntlet that for the millions who believe they’ve been demeaned, dismissed and disregarded.  Although polls suggest that his support from the GOP base has begun to wane somewhat, recent primary results show that his opinion on candidates still matters greatly to many.

That is not to say that his substantial character defects and often crude and nasty comments about those who cross him are irrelevant to most (although certainly to some).  But they pale when contrasted with the generally hostile and overwrought treatment he receives from the non-Fox media.  The mainstream press, with leftist opinions often masquerading as “news”, has been the nemesis of conservatives long before Trump arrived on the national scene.  But the intensity of anger directed at the ex-president makes him particularly attractive on the Right.  (“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”  He is fighting my fight.)

It is pointless for Trump critics to cite his failure, for instance, to concede that he lost on 2020.  Yes, he lost.  But he doesn’t agree.

Don’t people often believe what they want to believe even though objective facts are contrary?  Think of Trump’s personality:  He seems incapable of admitting failure.  But the CNNs of the world are blind to the high probability that his denial of election defeat is sincere so they proclaim he is perpetuating a “Big Lie” when he insists he was victorious.  But, of course, CNN, in particular, will insist in good faith that its political coverage of Trump and other political subjects is not clouded by liberal bias.  Their denials are also untrue but unlikely to be lies.  They believe what they want to believe.  Confronting reality is an unpleasantness to be avoided.  That is why intellectual honesty is unusual.

Human nature usually rules for everyone, including Trump supporters.  As time goes by, they, too, will lessen their allegiance to Donald Trump.  Their object is getting older.  So are they.  In the meantime, they will disregard attacks as unbelievable because such are perceived to be malicious.

Even if the sources are not the liberal media or the Democratic Party, its alter ego.