Trump is about as transparent as a person can be. He is a rich, entitled, thuggish narcissist whose crudeness, bigotry and spite resonated with large numbers of insecure white Republican voters. Trump isn't some master tactician who artfully crafted a winning strategy. He's a vulgar, simplistic conman who parleyed his insatiable desire for adulation into rally speeches that fed his audience the exact mix of racism, fear-mongering and empty promises they wanted to hear. The depths of his voters' ignorance is obvious in their continued support for his presidency, which has been the most sustained orgy of incompetence ever perpetrated on the American people.