I just cannot grasp what people see in the likes of Trump and Johnson. It baffles me.
This is not a 'party political' point. There have been loads of Republican Presidents and Tory PMs in the past. I may not have agreed with them on most points. In some cases I detested them. But they were rational creatures, not obvious liars and charlatans. Most could, at the least, be respected. Some, like Thatcher, were undeniably intelligent, even if you did not agree with them.
I stress 'obvious' liars and charlatans. Yet literally millions of people worship, or have worshipped, these utter clowns.
There is something deeply wrong with society and 'democracy' when shit like this rises to the top.