It goes a lot deeper than pretending not to be big gubmint. Trump’s con man skill (his only real skill) has tapped into the right-wing Christian need for a Daddy figure and managed to insert himself into that role. Their Daddy Knows Best instinct is so strong they’ll defend him even while he’s ass-raping their GI Joes and Barbies.
It’s not that Trump doesn’t know who he’s talking to, it’s that he constantly just makes shit up.
Hey it can be both.
And since “he’s not big government” his base will believe anything he says.
It goes a lot deeper than pretending not to be big gubmint. Trump’s con man skill (his only real skill) has tapped into the right-wing Christian need for a Daddy figure and managed to insert himself into that role. Their Daddy Knows Best instinct is so strong they’ll defend him even while he’s ass-raping their GI Joes and Barbies.