We've been watching his mercurial behavior for years. At least when I've been bothered to watch the shit, which is seldom. I wrote him off as a con man decades ago. I think the real problem with this country is that there are so many people who will sit/stand/cheer at a rally where a person who clearly is just a demagogue pandering to the crowd. If any of these people were still using their critical faculties, this would never have happened.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.