Funny, I've used that word more since Trump entered politics than I have in my entire life. I am still amazed at the people who have fallen for his BS, but I don't really think there is another Donald Trump that comes out in private, well other than the one who throws major temper tantrums.
My bullshit detector picked up on him the first time I heard him speak. He doesn't disguise who he really is. Perhaps some of the more intelligent people who seem to be enamored with him are opportunists like he is or perhaps his hate, sexism, and racism validates their own. 
I don't understand it entirely and it is possible I never will. It is a phenomenon that happens periodically throughout history, one that puzzles historians and sociologists. One thing that we do know is that it has happened before and it will probably happen again, unless humanity evolves beyond that mentality. Don't see that happening in my lifetime though.
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