@BenRossTransit The thing is, I don’t think he really presents as a strong man on “intimate” social media. I think he presents as a nice, reasonable guy who says some crazy things people who like him are willing to look past. And even if you don’t fully buy “Trump will fix it”, if you think he’s a fundamentally decent who exaggerates, you think “well, he’s going to do his best, he’a going to try”. 1/

@BenRossTransit it’s a bit like the “aim for the stars and you will never reach them, but you will go much higher than if you’d aimed for the tree” inspirationals. if what you see in Trump is a venal, self-interested con man, his grand claims just sound like deception. but if you think he’s a decent guy who overstates stuff but fundamentally means it, it signals ambition on your behalf. /fin