This is an excellent exchange. Thanks for the back and forth.

Trump is an enigma to me, honestly, because I see two contradictory elements within his actions. First, I agree with you that him calling out the establishment for the absolute liars and fraud they are is a HUGE (pun intended) service to the people of the US. People who want to see can now easily see that he is absolutely correct that his enemies are the opposite of the moral rebirth they are pretending to be. You're right on the money there.

But...

There are now stories all over the place about the people from the 1/6 events at the Capitol and how they have been treated by our "justice" system. These stories are overwhelmingly disturbing and evidentiary of an actual "1984" system operating within the United States. Where the hell is Trump!?!? This is absolutely his ground. First, those people were there because he told them to be. They are his direct responsibility. Why the hell do I hear nothing from him on this subject? Second, this should be his perfect PR campaign. Is he trying to distance himself from them so he is not politically attached to the violence that occurred? If so, too late... of course he's attached to those people. He can't avoid that. Instead, it just looks like he's abandoned his base to actual, real-world torture.

For this kind of behavior, I refuse to label him a saviour.

The three who are closest to being consistent in their message that I see on a national stage are DeSantis - actions where his mouth is, Rand Paul - refusing to back down in the face of the obvious Covid lies, and Ron Johnson - bringing to public light the actual damage done by vaccines.