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[–] Benedict_Espinosa@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

They love him exactly for what he is in their eyes: strong, candid and clever. For them he is honest ("he tells it like it is") and can do no wrong ("Trump was right about everything"). What other people see as idiocy, weakness and corruption, they see as strengths.

Big part of this appeal is that his persona gives his followers an unlimited license to be as dumb, fascist and hateful as they want.