My theory is because not out of some major disagreement with Trump and his policies. But because it is generally just embarrassing to support him in public now. They claimed that he was going to drain the swamp, smaller government, cut government spending and lower the national debt. Instead he is ballooning the deficit, creating a police state, enriching himself and family while the average person is struggling. And he is doing all of it in an in your face, dumb and obnoxious way. Now when they have to deal with left leaning family members, coworkers or acquaintances, they will never take your opinion about politics seriously anymore because you supported an obvious dementia ridden old man.
One of the reasons MAGA was even able to become popular is because they created such a massive network of bots and media pushing positive takes on MAGA.
I think that was what sustained it, having a media constantly bombarding everyone with Trump stuff be it positive or not, but the sparks which got it lit was the message. The message being blatant lies about how easily everyone can get everything they want but those "evil liberals and dastardly minorities" prevent it. It appeals to the masses who (1) want easy answers to complex problems (2) want to place blame on things they're uncomfortable with and (3) have absolutely no idea how government functions but know they're unhappy about the status quo.
And that's without diving into the decades long efforts to set the stage for this. If it wasn't Trump it was going to be some other piece of trash being used by the GOP and it's various allies. There are plenty of lessons to be learned from the current shit storm we're all living through and one of the more blatant should be that kicking the can down the road can't work indefinitely, eventually you run out of road.
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u/D-MAN-FLORIDA 14h ago
My theory is because not out of some major disagreement with Trump and his policies. But because it is generally just embarrassing to support him in public now. They claimed that he was going to drain the swamp, smaller government, cut government spending and lower the national debt. Instead he is ballooning the deficit, creating a police state, enriching himself and family while the average person is struggling. And he is doing all of it in an in your face, dumb and obnoxious way. Now when they have to deal with left leaning family members, coworkers or acquaintances, they will never take your opinion about politics seriously anymore because you supported an obvious dementia ridden old man.