His base *love* being told the nation is terrible. They think it shows he is being honest
This makes total sense to me, coming from a mostly conservative family. They are so miserable and negative about everything, that negativity is how they communicate.
Their identity is based on the things they don’t like, their conversations consist of complaints and gossip, and their politics revolve around who they perceive needs to be knocked down a peg.
So I think it goes beyond them thinking he’s honest. His constant bitching, bullshitting, and punching down in place of solutions – they make him feel familiar and like he is one of them. (even though we know he hates them just as much as he hates everybody else)
This makes total sense to me, coming from a mostly conservative family. They are so miserable and negative about everything, that negativity is how they communicate.
Their identity is based on the things they don’t like, their conversations consist of complaints and gossip, and their politics revolve around who they perceive needs to be knocked down a peg.
So I think it goes beyond them thinking he’s honest. His constant bitching, bullshitting, and punching down in place of solutions – they make him feel familiar and like he is one of them. (even though we know he hates them just as much as he hates everybody else)