On this week’s edition of “Shit Trump voters tell the Economist/YouGov national survey” the question of “How much do you think Donald Trump’s business interests and positions are affecting his decision-making while he is serving as president?” finds a combined 78 percent of Trump 2024 voters (24 percent “A lot,” 29 percent “Some,” and 25 percent said “Not much”) admitting that yeah, he’s directing US executive branch policy in ways that affect his personal bottom line.

Just 21 percent of Trump 2024 voters said “None.” Which is the correct answer to how much he should be doing that and a sign that so few remain of the fanboys still either that fucking stupid or lying to themselves and/or YouGov about the extent of fat Donald’s venality. While it’s no surprise that Trump fans would move the goalposts as soon as a reality they once refused to recognize becomes undeniable, this may be the starkest quantification of such admission ever seen.

And one that they (largely) figured out how to rationalize, as the next question “Do you agree or disagree that what is good for Donald Trump’s business is good for the country?” found 61 percent of MAGA respondents agreeing (23 percent “Strongly,” 38 percent “Somewhat”) to just 21 percent disagreeing (12 percent “Strongly,” 9 percent “Somewhat”), while 18 percent said “Don’t know,” which means “No” but don’t want to say it. Only 2 percent of Harris voters said they didn’t know.

Finally, when confronted by a more direct way of asking the question with “Do you think President Trump is using his office for personal gain?” only 14 percent of his fans said yes, 9 percent didn’t know, and the rest – 77 percent said – no. Damn good survey design to get them to squirm and shift uncomfortably like that. These were all asked within the first six questions out of about 100 too.