There has always been that 30% who lived under the rocks of this society. tRuMp gave them the OK to come out and act out their worst atrocities. I predicted this when he was elected in '16 and was right, unfortunatly.

Makes sense to me, the first thing I have heard that actually makes sense without degrading.

You are absolutely correct. Dr. Bandy Lee wrote something that made me understand an important aspect of Trumpism. On a most basic, primitive level, the most ardent Trump supporters see having him as President as a matter of life and death survival, like they are children and he's a parental figure. He's the only one who can fix things. He has all the answers. "Under these emotional bonds, his followers will likely experience any threat to his position as an existential threat to themselves, which is why negative facts about him only activate defensive denial and disavowal, rather than abandonment. Abused children rather blame themselves than the parent as a survival impulse, for the parent is their lifeline, and it is easier to believe that he or she could never do wrong—and the more untrue this belief, the more insistently they cling to it."

[scientificamerican.com]

They love him because they ARE him.

In 2016 the GOP had 17 lackluster candidates. TV audiences knew him and he ridiculed those candidates. He then told xian Repubs the lies they wanted to hear.

Trump made being racist nasty fucks ok

Trumpers are a cult. Worshipping Marmalade Mussolini.

Congratulations on the insight. It sounds a great deal like how I've viewed the Christian dogma where those who swear loyalty are forgiven whatever sins they commit. Thus, they come to believe they have a blank check to sin however they wish, knowing they have a get-out-of-jail/hell-free card.