> it looks to me as if Republicans chose Trump in the first place because they have no trust in the system First, I'm not sure Republicans "chose" Trump; it's

> it looks to me as if Republicans chose Trump in the first place because they have no trust in the system First, I'm not sure Republicans "chose" Trump; it's more that they suddenly found that he had gamed their nomination system and was their candidate and they had no choice but to make the best of it. Second, I'm not sure Republican politicians in general have no trust in the system. They are part of the system as much as Democratic politicians are. > Democrats don’t trust Republicans now, not because Republicans chose Trump, but because (and to the extent that) Republicans continue to defend even Trump’s most egregious flaws. Defending egregious flaws in whoever happens to be the current party front man is nothing new for either party. That may be at least partly because everyone who ends up being a party front man has egregious flaws. Trump's just happened to be more colorful than most.