It's not about the economy

With the possibility of an economic recession looming, pundits have worried that most of Trump's supporters will abandon him if things go financially south.

I don't think Trump needs to worry about that. Why not? Because I believe 'the economy' is not the real reason so many Republicans voted for Trump - it was just the acceptable excuse for why they did. An example of this is the way so many farmers negatively impacted by Trump's trade war with China are still loyal to him, despite losing so much money.

Trump's supporters actually voted for him because he promised to go after the people they hate ... racial minorities, uppity women, religious minorities, gay people, tree-huggers, immigrants, the coastal elites, and progressives of all stripes. Not only did Trump promise to go after them, he gave his supporters permission to finally publicly vent the rage they've had against these people.

Today on Meet The Press, some of the reporters on the discussion panel expressed that same opinion ...