The politicians are chasing the voters, and the voters have told them loud and clear that they want "winners" and "fighters," so that's what their pols do. "Winner-Worshipping" has a long history in this country. Trump is just the ultimate "winner" in the minds of these folks. Filthy rich. Wife decades younger than him. Bright white smile. Does whatever he wants and gets away with it. Put Clinton's political career in the ground. For certain types of men, who could be a bigger "winner" than Trump? Elon Musk gets the same worship for largely the same reasons. "Winning-worship." These idols only start losing their power with their worshippers once they start publicly losing. Sometimes, they can't even take it when their "winner" loses and they have to make up Cope Conspiracies about rigged elections to pamper their feelings.