It is like a magician showing how the trick is done, but still the audience believes it is magic.
I was just talking to my brother the other day about this exact thing. Trump has only exposed and brought into the open what politicians have attempted to hide behind the curtain.
The biggest trick is, people think that voting for him changes something in politics. It doesn't - all it does is create more social unrest, but still people believe the government is there for them, as we destroy each other.