That’s not just a good question, it’s a fundamental interrogation. Many of us don’t understand the seemingly stupidity of Trump’s Agenda and the religious fanaticism of its supporters, but there might be a good reason for that collective madness. 

Trump and his supporters from the alt-right have a very precise, racist agenda. They want to stem the flow of brown and black people into the United States, by bringing a dictator (Trump) that will have the nerves to suspend or abolish the constitution and run the country as he sees fit. 

Why? Because the folks pulling Trump’s strings are super racists who only believe in white supremacy and can’t afford to let the principles of democracy derail their plans. It is therefore essential for Trump and his allies to act now, before the white US Population becomes a minority. 

According to the Brookings Institute, between now and 2060, the racial minority population will continue to grow by almost 75 percent. While during this same time-frame, the aging white population will have modestly gained through this year, and will experience a long-term decline through 2060, a consequence of more deaths than births (Figure 1).

The same census population projections confirm the importance of racial minorities as the primary demographic engine of the nation’s future growth, which will eclipse an aging, slow-growing and soon to be declining white population. 

The new statistics project that the nation will become “minority white” in 2045. During that year, whites will comprise 49.7 percent of the population in contrast to 24.6 percent for Hispanics, 13.1 percent for blacks, 7.9 percent for Asians, and 3.8 percent for multiracial populations (Figure 2).

All this means is that Republicans are desperate to win, no matter the means or the cost to them, as time is now running out. This is what really explains their irrationality, their lies, their hypocrisy and their intent to suspend democratic rules by electing a dictator like Trump.