He's a cartoon character. It's as if the masters of the universe, all thoroughly bored, sat down one day and wondered who the most ridiculous President they could imagine would be, then devised a plan to select Trump. They did so by affording him humongous airtime through their wholly owned TV networks.

When I was a kid two comedy shows were very popular. They were Love Thy Neighbour and Till Death Us Do Part. The main character in both shows were ignorant bigots who the audience were meant to deride, but most viewers didn't catch on as they agreed with their sentiments. Trump's a version of them.