From nojo:
The thing to understand is that 74,223,744 people voted for Donald Trump.
That’s almost 12 million more votes than last time.
Trump lost both votes, of course. He lost by almost 3 million four years ago, and by 7 million last November.
But still, he gained. Four years of this — four years of all this — and he improved. Substantially.
Thing is, these are real people. You probably know a few. If you’re unfortunate, you know a lot. You know where they come from. You know how they think.
You know the problem.
It’s hard to get at it, to say it in so many words. “Delusional” comes to mind, but what is that really? How does that get at how thoroughly these people are living in a fantasy of their own construction, yet are somehow able to reach their mouths with their forks without stabbing themselves in the eye? How generous is our cruel world that they’re able to survive, even flourish in it, yet remain so detached from the reality of it?
The word we’re looking for isn’t delusional. It’s psychotic.