Hey Stephen--I think the whole world saw him this way all along--they tried to warn us! But between the poor ability of Hillary to reach voters, and  the disconnect between the media need for a story, any story, to sell and rational discourse he won... not on the left coast thank God. He caught the eye of enough disenfranchised, disabled, former working class whites voters who felt like the world was passing by, and he addressed their feelings--and played The Rolling Stones. It was a pity-party for sure -- still is. But he is an ugly person on so many levels, made okay through adeptly marketing his brand where ugly is okay.  Imagine if he was like this but actually competent? Able to hide his true nature, and pass the laws that the right-wing, the radical right wing, want to pass so badly they will continue to ignore just how feckless little 'd' is as Pres. 
Now that's scary! Pence scares me, he's the righteous right who has god on his side.