Axios: “To his diehard supporters, Trump isn’t just a candidate. He’s a lifestyle choice and a vehicle for self-expression — a way to continually flip the middle finger at big media, big business, big government … anything big. It’s all part of one of the big Trump triumphs — convincing his voters that an attack on him is actually an attack on them. A hat, popular in rural convenience stores this summer, says it all: ‘If You Don’t Like Trump Then You Probably Won’t Like Me.'”
“At rallies, you see people wearing Trump flags like a billowing robe. And a lot of this isn’t official campaign merch — people print these up themselves. At a Trumper classic-car rally in Michigan this weekend, one red, white and blue Trump flag — in place of ‘Keep America Great’ — said, ‘NO MORE B.S.,’ with the last word spelled out. Nearby, a man wore a flag-bedecked t-shirt proclaiming: ‘JESUS IS MY SAVIOR / TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT.’ Trump regattas are everywhere, from the solid South to the fancy waters of Mystic, Conn. (Bad metaphorical optics when five Trump boats, swamped by the wake from a massive lake rally, sank near Austin over Labor Day.)”