His supporters were taken in by his time on The Apprentice. They didn’t realize that he was playing a character. The character of the business tycoon. They don’t know the real Trump, who was the laughing stock of the New York City real estate investing world because he was such an awful business man.
As for the hatred of Democrats, that is standard Trump. He has always been that way. Anyone who disagrees with him, makes fun of him, gets one over on him, automatically becomes an enemy that he must destroy.
I am not surprised by anything that he has done. What has surprised me is the unwillingness of anyone to do anything about it. He has the mentality of a middle schooler. The longer he gets away with something, the worse he becomes. He should have been stopped years ago. Barring that, he needs to be stopped NOW.