[TheRealThing]

Would Trump supporters at least agree that if Trump's adult life were a timeline graph, his conversion to conservative populism is much, much closer to the "2016" end?

Certainly. When do the lights come on, sometime before the switch is thrown or directly after? Once those lights do come on, the groping about in liberal darkness is gone forever, as suddenly this world in which we live begins to make a lot of sense. At that point answers, not excuses and secular humanistic rationales, lighten one's understanding.

For example, the most absurd conspiracy theory I've ever heard is the one which holds that Trump is a not a real candidate and is just flying wingman for Hillary until the election is over. :please: