Trump's secret sauce is people who have given up on America
Anyone watching a Donald Trump rally knows that some portion of his supporters consist of true believers. The ones who think he was sent by God. The ones who think he’s here to stop the child-eating, pizza-parlor-dwelling lizardmen. The ones who are just itching to slip into their great-grandpappy’s Confederate grays.
But another kind of Trump supporter may be the most numerous. They know Trump is a liar, that he lost the 2020 election, and that many of his ideas are bad. They support him because they’re just tired and disappointed with their lives. They believe Trump will change things. They really don’t care how.
In past cycles, some of these voters talked vaguely about “economic anxiety.” But this time around, they seem even less focused. They don’t know what’s wrong, and they don’t know how to fix it. They know only that they want things to be different. Even if, for some, that means burning it all down.