Both sides are useful idiots. I think Trump caught them off guard by winning and they were in damage control in terms of narrative. Trump was a wrench but fundamentally not a threat, or he would have been off'ed in his first term. In my mind this election cycle's fuckery is just getting started. With the left's newfound disdain for Israel maybe their role will flip this cycle, where Trump's "law and order" "thin blue line" state-idolizing admirers will be more useful in supporting the martial aspects, as the left are prodded on by the media to go nuts.