Is Trump a "con man"?
The answer depends on how you're using the word "con man".
If by that term you mean, someone who is less than personally honest ... who might cheat on his taxes ... who might sell you a used car without telling you about a major defect it had .. or might get you to invest in a company whose assets he exaggerated ... or tell a woman he's pursuing that his wife is going to divorce him soon, knowing it 's not true ... or denounce Bill Clinton for his sexual adventures, while himself having numerous affairs ...
... well, yes... it wouldn't suprise me if that were so. As you grow up, you realize that there are lots of people like that ... from small-fry car salesmen, to big Wall Street entrepreneurs.
And the world is not divided into Hollywood-style totally evil Con Men, on the one hand, and pure good completely open and honest Mother Teresa types on the other. The Christians call it Original Sin, Darwinians blame our selfish genes.
But if by "con man" you mean someone who claims to love his country and to be deeply alarmed by the direction it's taking ... but actually just plans to do like all previous Republican national politicians and trail along behind the Left as it systematically saws away at the foundations of America ... well, no.
The fanatical loyalty the man has comes from people thinking that, finally, here is a politician who is NOT conning them, whatever his personal romantic and financial life is like.
The analogy for the Left might be Mr Al Sharpton, whose followers are probably not under the impression that he's some sort of Martin Luther King saint. (Come to think of it, neither
was Dr King, who plagiarized his doctoral thesis, and preached Christian marital fidelity to his followers while carrying on numerous affairs).
You go to war with the generals you've got.
