“To be fair, America has given him a lot of good, if not perfect, reasons for him to believe in just that.”
The American public has been scammed by the media for years; they are stupid. Their way of life is collapsing around them, and they still voted for him again.
Was I the only one creeped out by his complete confidence in re-election when he told Putin to wait until after the election, when he’d have more flexibility? There was no doubt in his mind that amid the ruin he wrought, he would win again. Very disturbing...
Such explanations are at best only a piece of the puzzle. America also said, with its viewership, that it would accept this sort of bread and circuses. There has been a partial rebellion in recent years with the advent of Fox. It isn’t perfect or even nearly as good as it could be. The internet also allows more information leaks to be plugged with foreign media as close as a web browser. Good again gets a late start, but beats out evil in the end.