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America is not a group of like-minded individuals, no country is really. So you (plural) are not one-thing deep down. But there are enough people in favour of Trump who each have very different reasons) that he can stay in power. That sure says something about some people from America but not something about all Americans.
My fear was he is something of like a shadow self that even those of us who hate everything thing he stands for can't even kill. Like even though I hate all this there is some part of me that prefers to be a useless bystander while he runs rampant. I dunno, our democracy is straight up broke but what do we even do about it? Just keep trying to vote it right again. But I'm projecting my own weakness and complacency on other Americans. You and Pug are right. It's not everyone, it's just me