Why were Trump voters laughing?

world view |There are many things about Donald Trump's enduring support that I understand in my gut, like opposition to the stupidest woke ideas, such as defunding the police, or the hunger for a strongman who could stop the winds of change

- THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Many Americans feel like strangers in their own homes, thanks to illegal immigration, rapidly evolving social norms and a job market increasingly unsympathetic to the less educated.

But the thing I don't understand, and will never understand and will forever be appalled by, is the laughing.

Every time I watched a clip in which Trump was riffing to the crowd about Liz Cheney or "fake news" reporters being shot, or telling people that Kamala Harris is "a sh*t vice president," or when he approved of audience members who referred to Harris as a "ho," you saw crowds of people surrounding him who were laughing uproariously at his crude and violent language.