Robespierre - that first paragraph of your post, especially, is so good.
Anybody at all, with a modicum of objectivity, knew what Donald Trump was eons before his run for, and unfortunate win of, the Presidency.
It is awful to think that people believed in this guy. How in the world could anybody truly be so ignorant that they would think Donald Trump will improve their life? (rhetorical question).
It never made sense. It has always been mind-boggling that people turned to him. He is unfit for the job. Some people are now realizing it, not even taking into account that he spun them a yarn, counted on their gullability, and took advantage of them, in that old proven Trump way.
Using people is what Trump does.