Liberal guilt?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Trump is running a con, and a con doesn't work unless

the mark is ignorant of the substance of the scheme. Trump himself doesn't seem to understand how our government works, but regardless of whether he doesn't know how it works or is just being cynical, he's promising all kinds of things that he can't possibly deliver. He can't build a wall on the Mexican border; he can't deport 11 million people; he can't create millions of jobs by cutting corporate taxes; he can't do just about any of the things he's promised because they are unconstitutional, impossible, stupid, beyond the powers of a president, or some combination thereof. While candidates often make campaign promises that are merely aspirational, Trump's are so far out there that anyone who understands how the American system of government works would see instantly that they are all rank bullshit. But the people who are ignorant of those processes will not see that, and will be persuaded by the con. And there's also more than a little racism in the mix, which is also fed by ignorance.