For everyone that wants to blame Trump for the staggering political hatred in the US today, it’s worth asking why the same thing is happening across Europe and many developing economies.
Trump is a symptom, not the cause.
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 28, 2018
No one wants to hear this. Without their go-to villains (Trump and/or Putin), it’s much harder to make sense of the world and requires more thought. This is simply too difficult for most people, even people who believe themselves to be intelligent.
Also, if they realized these issues were occurring worldwide, it might cause them to have to alter their centrism (really hard-right reactionism) and deal with the actual problems that we are facing.