I also believe it was satire the first few months, trolling pro-Sanders spam. When it was confirmed Clinton and Trump would win their nomination, the pro-Sander

I also believe it was satire the first few months, trolling pro-Sanders spam. When it was confirmed Clinton and Trump would win their nomination, the pro-Sanders spam sort of stopped and /r/The_Donald became a full support subreddit. Or maybe it was simply Poe's law: some of us thought it was satire when it wasn't, and some of us thought it was Trump support when it wasn't.