At least we all know who they are and what they stand for, now. When Trump inevitably dies, they'll leak their crocodile tears on public media how they were coerced and brainwashed, and how it's time to move on, hoping we won't remember moments like these.
I do not intend to forget.
(Sidenote: "they" implies these leaders who know better, not the poor zealots who are regular, ignorant folk. The latter are brainwashed, and I pity them.)
To me it's not absurd that he can attract dozens, hundreds of sycophants and fellow grifters (MAGA! Send money!). It's incredible that millions of formerly reasonable people can be fooled by such an obvious cunt and conman. The cult is real. Idiocracy is here.