> many people who used to support him, and voted for him, believe he is one of “them” and not merely incompetent It's interesting that you phrase it that way- when I'm shitting on Trump, I'm usually speculating between three main possibilities: he was either wildly incompetent, one of them all along, or he was somehow threatened into silence. Incompetence is possible, and it's usually the explanation for the failings of human beings maybe 95% of the time people try something and fail spectacularly. However, given Trump's background as a vicious New York real estate tycoon and actor, he was very politically connected. He was basically a political insider from birth, and he'd probably have taken a lot of life lessons here. This actually makes a pretty solid foundation for a politician, as business is very political at the very top. Him being one of them all along is also a strong possibility. The man is an actor, and he's been heavily connected to democrats (and was one until very recently), giving them millions of dollars over his lifetime. I think he'd even donated to Bill Clinton on multiple occasions, but fact check me there IDR. Getting into the acting world is suspicious- he's appeared in many movies and commercials and had his reality shows. We know what goes on in Hollywood, Trump would absolutely have known as well. So to me it often seems like **Trump is an insider posing as an outsider on the orders of others.** This lines up with him almost always "saying what his base wants to hear, but not actually doing it". Finally, him being threatened into becoming a puppet or being ineffective is also a possibility- it's not like we haven't seen this exact scenario play out in history before. Regardless of what it was, the conclusion is that Trump's presidency was one of the most devastating things to ever happen to the USA. We haven't been this socially divided since the Civil War. We have more diversity than ever. We were walked into a medical-tyranny state without a fight. We ended up with a completely broken election system that appears to have been completely compromised, leading to a fraudulent election seating Joe fucking child-sniffer Biden, who immediately signed like 50 executive orders in an absurd display of overt power. The military is being purged, anti-White bullshit is being pushed at an all-time high with NO resistance because of mass censorship being put into place..... **Trump left us in a fucking nightmare, and you can't deny that.**