Yes, and most of the world would laugh their asses off if he ever came out as a Trump supporter.

@Peter: the last line in my post above should read "...convincing anyone that he is a hate group, or a member of a hate group" - yes, I think we can all consider Chomsky a leftist.

@Michael: Not sure what you mean by 'housecleaning',or what/who you mean by the words 'the USA' in this context.
@Peter: I agree about 'reliable sources' - note that reliability has to do both with what is printed and, often more significantly, what is not, and where it is or isn't printed - that is why I recommended Chomsky's MANUFACTURING CONSENT - yes, I know you don't like him and that it was published 30 years ago, but that doesn't mean it is out of date, and frankly I think you might find some damned good research there that you could use for your own opinions and points of view - which I'd still disagree with, but at least we'd be able to address the same phenomenon when discussing where sources of information, analyses, opinions, etc., come from. (Note: Chomsky can be called a leftist, but you'd have a hard time convincing anyone that he is, or is a member of a 'hate group'.

59.7% of US eligible voting public voted in 2016. Trump lost popular vote. US is 31st out of 35 'developed countries' in voter participation.

Trump is a global problem, in my view, as is, frequently at least, any US government. Nobody gets to vote for any nation-state leader except that state's citizens, as far as I know - which seems to make sense as a general rule - but then you must consider that the US government, unlike that of, say, Zimbabwe, influences the lives of people all over the planet, either directly or through the global economic institutions that it defends. Of course you could say that non-US citizens have no business voting in US elections, but in response the US government might be asked to stop screwing with them, which no US politician or US-international businessman would be willing to do. And while I know of no international poll, so far only the people of Poland are suspected of being, in the main, in favor of Trump as president, I I have no idea whether this is in fact true.
@Dazzer, Peter, anybody: Suggest that we deal here with information, ideas and arguments relevant to the topic at hand that are presented by the individual posters who produce them, for whatever reason they may have. We could also have another thread specifically on poster's personalities or way of posting or insulting behaviour, etc., if that is considered interesting enough.

...and I think that the reasons for the mindset of

any category or group of people is a subject in itself and needs to be understood. After all, if the problem were only 'this guy Trump', it wouldn't be much of a problem.