OK, Andrew, here it comes. The reason why Trump voters overlook, forgive, forget about all of those things you listed is this: Trump made promises to them and made them believe he would make good on his promises. It's that simple. Many people who voted for him didn't let anything dissuade them from going to his rallies and getting to the polls. He spent a lot of his own money, which meant he had skin in the game. Hillary spent a BILLION dollars of other folks money only to lose. Many of Trumps supporters have seen Republicans and Democrats fail to live up to what they promised and the electorate finally tired of it and said:no more. So, they took a chance on an admittedly very flawed man who was brash enough to call the rest of the crooks out on the carpet. He boned the media. The people loved him more for it. There was a groundswell of support for him over the preceding weeks before the election. I can go on and on about why he won and why they let him by with his faults. They are prepared to give him some time to succeed but not a long period of time. If he doesn't deliver on his promises they will turn and rend him.
The more the liberal left and mainstream media bash him, the further his supporters dig in.
If the left was smart (they ain't) they'd shut up and let him have the opportunity to hang himself. But they won't do that either. The media will keep stirring the stew and the left will oblige.
Trump only has to do about a dozen more semi-major things to carry him through the rest of the year. He's not, (as some would assert) stupid. The sooner people realize that, the better.
His time as a businessman and a TV celebrity will continue to serve him well, even if it means that many of his supporters will suffer for his policies. They're locked in. You nor anyone else is gonna get to them. You can make bank on it.
And if I'm wrong, we get Pence, who has none of that baggage to lug around.
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