The Trump supporters I know tend to fall into two categories. They’re either cynical and self-serving—these are the wealthy ones with an “I got mine” attitude. They think Trump will reduce their taxes so to hell with everyone else. And then there are the naïve ones desperate enough to fall for any scam. I realized this as a pair of them waxed rhapsodic about a Rife device (the Spooky2) which they were convinced was both diagnosing and curing (even remotely, with the “DNA guidance” of a fingernail clipping, lol) all of their health woes including cancer, through some “miraculous quantum magnetic DNA biofeedback Einstein said” gobbledegook BS. In other words, it’s not surprising they also believe Trump is the second coming of Jesus George Washington Christ on a saltine cracker because they’re incredibly gullible. I mean, if they can believe all that snake oil garbage it’s not much of a stretch for them to think Trump will “save” the very democracy he imperils.

And no, I did not tell them their magical health ray gun was less effective than a plastic squirt gun. I didn’t want to spoil any placebo effect they might be experiencing. I mean, who am I to tell the kids Santa’s not real?