A false sense of pride and profound stupidity.

It’s really not all that difficult to understand. Trump inflamed their prejudices and sense of entitlement and used that to get their votes. Politicians have been doing this forever. Are you poor? Well, it’s because the brown people are taking all the jobs. Are your groceries costing too much? Well, it’s because of all those poor people sponging off the government - that’s driving up all the costs. Oh, and by the way, god wants you to hate all those LGBTQ+ people, too.