Trump supporters believe that the status quo was intolerable, and interpret Trump's bad qualities as further evidence that he has what it takes to smash that st

Trump supporters believe that the status quo was intolerable, and interpret Trump's bad qualities as further evidence that he has what it takes to smash that status quo. He's the bully on your side. In an intolerable situation, the nastier and more volatile that bully is, the better. It took me a long time to understand this. Different Trump supports will have different parts of the status quo that they personally despise. The abstraction is universally true, however.