I agreed with everything else but I fail to see how understanding won't be viewed as being patronizing and condescending. Usually there's little to no good excuse for ignorance and especially if that ignorance is as seemingly willful as the ignorance on display by the vast majority of that 70 million. As I said in another thread the core of Trump's support stems from a diaspora of disaffected voters who've been following losers around since George Wallace's day. These people truly are deplorable and probably can't be salvaged. I bet more than a few in the Republican Party wished they could have been scraped off and left behind. But of course the greater GOP must be worried they'll follow some new Trump deeper down the rabbit hole the present Trump is digging and split the conservative vote the way they diluted the progressive vote when they followed Wallace off his cliff.
You really don't understand what's happening, or at least you don't hint at any understanding, so let's begin again:
The American people are hurting and suffering in poverty. Get that at least. And in fairness to you and others who don't get it yet, it's because they have done such a great job of hiding it from the rest of the world. Also, if an American can be convinced to wave the flag, he's not going to be complaining about living in poverty on food stamps at the same time.
I hope to continue with you after you've absorbed that and can assure us you understand the basics.