Try on the "it's a cult" model. It explains pretty much everything. This has almost nothing to do with politics or policy or even economics. It's a cult around

Try on the "it's a cult" model. It explains pretty much everything. This has almost nothing to do with politics or policy or even economics. It's a cult around Trump and then a (quite diverse) set of politically/culturally/economically-motivated opportunists surrounding him and trying to leverage the Donald's cult-building magic into whatever future United States they dream of. Whoever speaks to him most recently before he steps in front of a microphone gets policy priority for the next media cycle!