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That's the real secret behind the GOP's success. They don't try to be a functional political party, because they don't need to be one to win election.
The Republicans have turned their party into a branding to be adopted as an affirmation of masculinity. No one's listening to Trump and thinking "that makes sense", because they're not listening to Trump at all. All they care about is the idea of Trump as this man's man.
It's not that they look at him and think "This is the champion of the people." and start photoshopping him into Rocky Balboa. You've got cause and effect backwards. You see a bunch of Trump people hyping him up as being this hypermasculine hypervirile man of God and Country, and they go "Oh shit! That's my guy!", and start projecting what they want Trump to be onto him.
This is why they don't vote for Democrats. Democrats don't do this sort of thing, they just stick to the issues not realizing that's not the game anymore.
It's easy for them to believe the claims of "Sleepy Joe", because where's the Biden tent selling t-shirts of him wrestling a bear? Why is Tampon Tim being a giant pussy and using big words like "bi-partisanship" and "finance", instead of showboating and talking about how big his dick is? Clearly the Democrats are "just politicians"
But Americans aren't looking for leadership. They've accepted their lot in life is shit, they don't wanna hear about policies, they don't dream of a better tomorrow; They simple want to live the fantasy of having a President who's a real "man's man", the daydream of this guy who men want to be and women want to be with, the real life John Galt who's also the second coming of John Wayne.
It's why Romney was the "out of touch rich guy", and Trump wasn't. Romney didn't go around mugging for the camera and insulting his foes.
Americans are dumb and are outright hostile to intelligence, empathy, and class.. or as they'd put it "nerd shit", "being a pussy", and "snobbishness"
Source: I'm American and am used to being the smartest person in the room. That's not a brag about how smart I am, never let it be said that I think I'm smart. I know I'm a fucking dumbass, my own stupidity couldn't be anymore obvious to me. It's simply recognition that my life would be vastly different (for the better) if I lived in Europe instead of America.