Itâs a year later, and the folks who voted for Trump now fall into the following categories:
1. White supremacists and bigots of all types who are pleased with the way things are going and would vote for him again today.
2. Those for whom there were two legitimate criteria: Has a penis, and that penis is no browner or larger than mine. Similar to #1; would vote for him again today.
3. The ones who believed the fake news. But they wouldnât have believed it if they werenât a closet case #1 or #2. Would find some reason to vote for him again.
4. The ones who thought heâd deliver on his promisesâdrain the swamp, build the wall, repeal Obamacareâand are pissed that he hasnât. Would vote for him again anyway because theyâre really a #1 or #2.
5. The ones who thought heâd step up and act presidentialâno more tweetstorms, petty bullying, or obvious narcissismâand are pissed that he hasnât. Would vote for him again anyway because theyâre really a #1 or #2.
6. The craven, venal, avaricious one-percentersâand those who aspire to be in that categoryâwho support whoever the âfree market except for corporate subsidies and Citizenâs Unitedâ candidate is. Would vote for him again today.
Since the election, heâs repeatedly pulled the moral equivalent of shooting someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue, and it hasnât cost him any votersâŚexactly as he predicted.