he is extremely selfish and MAGA atracts exactly a huge part of this selfish chauvinistic white population.

In early/mid 2017 - I left liberalism. In two words: Sebastian Gorka. News broke that there was a Nazi in the White House so I assumed he'd resign or get fired. Surely that had to happen. What a quaint thought that seems now. After some time had passed (About a month? Two months?) I realized two things that made me sick to my stomach. One, Trump wasn't going to ask him to resign. Two, the democrats weren't going to demand he resign. I could see how utterly useless the democrats would be in dealing with Trump in general.

In fact - I assume that in private in 2017 DC dems focused on what they considered the silver lining of Trump's presidency. They figured they'd do well 2018 and in 2020 after Americans realized who they elected. Of course that was nonsense. Trump's base knew who he was - that's why they voted for him! In the end and up to now - I've been 100% unsurprised that the DC dems were not only shortsighted but idiots as well. Libs would never admit it but I think some of them still realize that if not for covid - Trump would have won a second term.