Fast forward 8 years, and the things we know about DJT today are so much worse than anyone imagined in 2017. He tried to subvert our nation's democracy and political stability. He summoned a mob of rioters, stood idly by while they assaulted our leaders in congress, and eventually pardoned all of them. He has been convicted of multiple felonies, and found guilty in civil court of sexual abuse. People from his own previous administration have called him out as being corrupt and incompetent, and seven Republican senators voted to impeach/convict him.
And yet, despite a jaw-dropping list of unforgivable offenses from the past few years, he enjoys more support today than he did in 2020. From people as smart as Zuck and Andreesen.
It really is true what they say about the fragility of political norms. Once you let the genie out of the bottle, there's no putting it back.
I don't think it is as much support, as not caring enough to be seen to be against, because there are benefits to not being seen as against and previously acting against (it at least bit acting with) has achieved little.
While Shart is in office, and possibly for some time after depending on what the current administration manages to setup over this term, the likes of Zuck have enough to lose by being against three current administration and little to gain otherwise (at least not in the short term).
In a shorter set of words: not support, greed and cowardice pretending to be support.
Not that this changes the right/wrong dynamic of the situation in the eyes of any side…