"Oh, Trump's not so bad. He can be nice and friendly. "

[John Ludi]

4. Not sure why it is

but for some reason I've always had the ability to look at MOST people's faces and see their innate character. Trump was easy to peg, way back when I first became aware of him decades ago. He was the smarmy amoral "it's OK if I do it" boss figure that only succeeded by starting out in life ahead of everyone else.

I used to think that everyone had this ability and people's nature just broadcast itself pretty obviously to all around. As I came to find out in my late teens, that's not true. Though it's not the case for everyone, I'm certainly not the only person who does this; I've had a great many friends who have said of an acquaintance or coworker "can't anyone else see how that guy just EXUDES ethically-challenged scumbag?"

So my conclusion over the years has been that either people are blind to what seems to be written in plain sight OR they they see it and ignore it for strategic/situational reasons...or they don't care...or they actually like and admire it.

As it has turned out, after five+ years of Trump shitting all over our culture, the latter comprises a MUCH higher percentage of the population than even MY cynical self thought likely.