Trump is a man of conviction, who does what he says. His people care little if a particular policy works, or for that matter, hurts them personally. The only thing that is important in rw world is indeed the illusion of strength. Fox has so distorted political, social and economic reality that Trump the strongman standing up to liberal elites is the only narrative they can and want to see. So if Trump passes a tax bill that hurts his supporters and helps the top 1% they cant and wont see it like that even though their refund will be smaller. Take healthcare away from them is just fine if Fox and Trump tells his supporters it was the Dems fault, they will be happy to believe it. Up is down, black is white and good is bad in rw reality world. He truly is the Teflon Don to his people who will take the country down with him if it supports the narrative of the swamp being drained, science denied, or moral decay of our society because they have been led to believe its the fault of the baby killing, weak, looking for handout socialist left. Fox has created such a divide and distortion of reality that it may take the total collapse of our economy and a period of very difficult times to cleanse the right of belief that liberals are cause of all their pain. A catharsis in the form of a prolonged depression and profound pain and poverty maybe the only thing to shake the stupid out the right.