I actually live in the US. I have family that voted for him. They’re not desperate in the way you think they are. They’re all some combination of dumb, ignorant, or the worst of the bunch, the actually evil.
I tried to befriend them, to convince them that the enemy is not what they thought it was. I spent ten fucking years doing that shit. But in the end:
My cousin is dumb, he votes for trump because he thinks trump is an uneducated everyman like himself “He speaks the way I speak.”
My aunt is evil, she votes for trump because he makes her stock portfolio look good, damn the consequences “I voted for trump because we all need to vote for our own best interests.”
My grandma is ignorant, she doesn’t understand the way the world works today, things have changed too much from her generation to really grasp it “I voted for trump because the world is a scary place, and we need his security.”
All three are evil in their own way. My grandma never took the time to consider the viewpoint of others, no matter how many times she was given opportunity. My cousin never learned, or trusted in those that knew more than him on a subject. My aunt, the most vile of them all decided that she didn’t care enough about her kids and grandchildren, and that the bottom line was all that mattered.
There is no convincing these people. As another commenter said? Fuck em.
One day they will wake up, and realize that actions had consequences, and it’s far too late to take it back.
I guess my perspective is slightly different as I was fresh out of high-school, looking at my first presidential election, almost no interest in politics, and my only real opinion of trump in 2016 was “dude is disgusting and a moron.”
I ended up voting third party that election, something about if third party votes were above 5% they would earn more funding or something? I was in a very blue state at the time, so I knew trump wasnt going to win my state, and I figured maybe that 5% was doable that election.