After this is all over do you think his cult will admit

[lamsmy]

64. Yes. It comes down to personality not policies

Trump supporters, and far right (and sometimes far left) types are usually highly insecure people looking for strong leadership and group inclusion. And the leadership and group lifts them up and tells them they are right and good and the REAL Americans.

Insecure people only feel big and important if someone else is belittled, only feel smart if someone else is stupid, only feel righteous if someone else is immoral, and only feel patriotic if someone else is the traitor.

It's not enough for them to dislike the other side's policies - they NEED to hate them personally. They will actively avoid and information that shows their opponents in a good light and only seek out those who are willing to reinforce their views. Chipping away at their political beliefs or their trying to bridge the moat of ignorance is seen as a personal attack on the very core of who they are and only leads to them retreating further into their shells.

Getting rid of the Fairness Act under Reagan, which allowed the rise of extreme media outlets, coupled with the exponential growth of the internet, has enabled all the world's insecure, poorly informed, angry people to gather on self-reinforcing islands of hate and ignorance. The GOP has encouraged this rabid tribalism to secure a diehard base and Fox has fed this ugly beast in the name of profits.

You can't change who people are in their core. Their leadership can be brought down, humbled and humiliated, but that won't change the toxic mix of insecurity, ignorance, and anger. Until the media is forced to offer more balanced views and until we find ways to scrub the internet of deliberate misinformation and hate, then nothing will change.