But just think of it: you hate blacks and Mexicans. And up til recently, you didn’t dare let people know. You didn’t feel comfortable being “out ‘n’ proud about that. Hmmmm wonder why? Because maybe deep down you knew it was wrong, or your parents told you we don’t talk that way, or the nuns told you it was wrong to feel that way, or the teacher said we don’t act that way or treat those “others” that way, or grandma said that isn’t nice and we always need to be nice - even if we don’t feel like being nice.
But what if you STILL DO feel that way and think like that and nurse all those grievances about all those icky other people who don’t look like you and are getting the jobs and the benefits and the money and the women you think they don’t deserve because all that stuff is rightfully YOURS?
AND add to that dynamic the fact that you also don’t like being told what to do (particularly when you don’t think you’re in the wrong and that you have every right to feel the way you do about this!) Besides, you’ve got the Limbaughs and Pox Noise people backing you up and making you feel validated. And you DEFINITELY don’t like being told you have to accommodate those people you don’t think you should have to accommodate.
And then, this guy comes along who openly says the things you’ve always felt in your “heart-of-hearts” but weren’t comfortable saying out loud because of what people might think. But look! HE says all that same stuff out loud, in public, making no apologies, and people flock to him and cheer!
So that must mean it’s okay!!! Finally!!! I can be MYSELF! I can fully, proudly, openly, and unapologetically say that stuff too! I can own it with pride! He does it, and look - he’s President! So that means it’s okay!
GAWD, where’s this guy been all my life? He’s the liberator I’ve always wanted and yearned for! I don’t have to stifle my nasty/antisocial/angry/spiteful/racist/sexist/homophobic/resentful feelings anymore! HE says it’s okay! I’m free to do and say and act on anything I damn well feel like doing/saying/acting on! My freedom! My messiah has finally arrived! My bonds have been cut. I’m free (to be as nasty/antisocial/angry/spiteful/racist/sexist/homophobic/resentful as I damn well feel like being)!
I think this is the key. I think this is why they love trump. And stand by him. And support him. And vow to sacrifice it all for him. This is why they cling to him and don’t wanna let go. They see themselves in him. Bigtime. And they feel validated. Somebody FINALLY came along who reassured them that it’s perfectly okay; that it’s right, proper, and even noble, to be that shitty.
I think that explains his “base.”
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and we wouldn't have been drug into his circle of hell. 
