In days ahead when Trump's abuse of the American people becomes clearer via investigation of his many crimes and the deaths/illness related to the raging pandemic he denied, lied about, and ignored, many of his followers will begin to feel like a friend betrayed them.
This betrayal will make people feel sad, angry, embarrassed and frustrated.
They'll wonder why they sent him money for his campaign, wasted time at his rallies, and supported such a self-serving crook.
If you have ever been betrayed, you know how painful betrayal feels and you understand the long term effects of betrayal.
When you are betrayed, you rack your brain to try to figure out how and why that happened. You ask yourself these questions:
- Did I miss early signs of this betrayal?
- Could I have known that this person was the kind of person who betrays others?
- Was I gullible? How? Why?
- How could that person have been so cruel to me?
- Why wasn't the person honest?
- How could they cause me such strife and pain?
- Do I deserve blame for this? Did I make this happen in some way?
Trump has been a betrayer throughout his life. Sadly, the person he has betrayed the most is himself. He actually has some strengths, but he has used those strengths to harm, hurt, and cheat others rather than use his strengths for good.
We have to recognize that some Trump supporters will feel pain after this loss--they will feel tricked, manipulated, abused, and used. Of course there are others who, like Trump, supported him for similar greedy, self-serving, heinous reasons.
Trump used and abused many--he betrayed his followers who trusted him to have their best interests in mind. He is a master trickster and manipulator, and the worst President America has ever had to endure.