*Opinions do vary on the wisdom and longer-term consequences of those actions.

The only thing he lacks, that actual strong men don't, is the willingness to follow through. He's too much of a narcissist to deal with criticism and he crumbles and gives in too easily. Putin - who is the kind of sadistic authoritarian Trump wishes he was - would already have suspended habeus corpus, had the Democratic Party shot as communists and sent tanks into Mexico to force them to build the wall.

I asked him why he's a supporter and he said it's because Trump will stop other countries from pushing us around.

I imagine his support is related to him needing people in his personal life to protect him since he can't seem to do it on his own.

and if he doesn't think hard about it, my friend can't see through the strongman theater.

jmho