If Trump was a "political genius" then he would have ALREADY had his 'wall' & Mexico would have already 'paid' for the wall.
A "political genius" does not back one's own self into a corner of political FAIL.
Trumps political genius is that he's proving again and again that he could actually shoot somebody in the middle of 5th avenue, and he wouldn't lose any votes.
Trumps supporters seem to be caught up in the "cult of personality" because they know him from TV.
We KNOW why Trump was voted into office, plain & simple:
~63 million Americans were receptive to the most negative & base animal instincts offered to them.
These voters voted based on emotional response due to their own feelings of self loathing.
These voters see (their) America as a dying & hopeless place, and their savior (Trump) played them all like a finely tuned fiddle.
Trump is a manipulator of persons, Trump recognized a demographic of hopelessness, he tapped into that, and the people bit the hook just like a mess of fish that were eventually gutted & cleaned.
Now, just look at our nation; Trump's base are happy to see their own nation they claimed to be so concerned about be metaphorically burned to the ground.
Again, this demonstrates that Trump's base are a people without any hope, debased, self loathing, spineless, and they hate America.