We are in a post-truth counter factual U.S.A. now (See also the U.K.'s self-implosion).Apparently some do.
It's all very Brexit-y. It's obviously a bad idea, all the actual competent experts agree it's a bad idea and it's led by a bunch of absolute charlatans and grifters.
The supposedly anti-establishment billionaires and millionaires push the message that it's all the fault of the immigrants and leftists. No real solutions, just grand, undeliverable pronouncements.
And people listen.
Just throw enough crap out there like Goebbels did in 1930's Nazi Germany and just get all the suckers on board.
If this is what they really want then they are going to have to deal with 4 more years of a complete nutcase in charge.