It isn't necessarily Trump, himself that did this captivation...

It’s from many sources of exposure to influence and conditioning;
warping, shaping, grooming, radicalizing. Call it what you will.

It comes from TV, media, peers, and family.

There is a cancer in our culture, I despair of any cure.

If you’ve not watched it yet, you might find some new knowledge and
understanding from Jen Senko’s documentary, the Brainwashing of My Dad.