Yep - I understand. One of that long tradition of Americans who get bamboozled to vote against their own self interests.

Sad, but somewhat understandable—red caps and empty slogans can go a long way towards distracting the gullible from the slight of hand tricks and thumb-on-the-scale of the professional huckster.

This time around it is by a tv reality show clown and slimey Chapter 11 king—painted orange to give the bloated plumage a semblance of life— Or, as one entertainer on Medium might have put it: the most arrogant "dead parrot" of all time!

Look at them line up.