I voted for Trump in 2016.
Before that I was of the mind that voting was sort of an exercise to keep people enfranchised in the govt via win/lose of the 3 branches.
What made Trump seem credible was the media's attack on him, and many of the things he talked about.
Such as locking up the Clintons who he had been decades long friends with.
As soon as he won he was in front of a crowd cheering "lock them up lock them up!".
And he said, "no no, they're good people they've done a lot for our country."
As soon as I heard him say that I knew I had been fooled, and I didn't vote for him the next 2 times.
And while I agree there are SOME things he does that are preferable vs. the CLEAR INSANITY of the other side; I feel like he still serves the needs of the rotten core of the govt rather then the country.
And that's how it goes with anyone that makes it to DC.
But at the end of the day we have a small foreign "ally" that appears to have insane leverage over most of our politicians through bribery, blackmail, and probably sheer threats.