Trump absolutely "gets it." He supports the right of large, powerful states like Russia (and the U.S.) to forcefully subdue other nations. Any talk about supporting Ukraine is just distracting noise.

"contentious."

I don't recall his supporters telling him not to run for his current term when he was 83. Which is fine with me, I think he should continue to serve as long as he's vigorous. But the special carve-out his supporters make for him because he's Bernie is a bit disingenuous.

It's funny how many people at Bernie Sanders rallies make this same argument.

"Voters either didn’t know, didn’t care or didn’t believe the Republican’s rhetoric, and Trump won a second term anyway..."

NO. Voters WANTED this. We need to understand that many of our fellow citizens actively support the termination of liberal democracy.

This is not and never has been about anti-antisemitism. It's pure Islamophobia and anti-Palestinianism. They tolerate the Saudis and Emeratis because of their money but poor brown people are just dirt to them.

They understood what he was selling and wanted it. Most of them still want it.

Damn voters stole it by voting.