I always thought that was part of the appeal.
"Being able to get away with it" is a big draw to some people. They want that in their lives. So Trump being an obvious fraud but getting away with it means he is a role model to those types.
I understand the draw - many Americans living in trailers working their shitty 9-5 jobs for poor wages to come home to a fat drunk wife and half retarded kids. There only joys are sporting events, shooting stuff and getting drunk at the local watering hole while talking about sports and shooting stuff. Along comes Trump, already popular on TV who has a 30 year younger former model wife, flying around in his personal jet, inking billions of dollars in deals and telling the same politicians that the trailer trash believes is the cause of their demise, to go fuck themselves. The tax man and investigators too. Trump.is sticking it to the man and living their dreams.
Then you have the religious nuts who would elect Satan if it meant they would get things thier way
Then you have the rich businessmen who would also elect Satan to get tax breaks and less red tape and.government interference.
This is the makeup of trumps.30 million devotees