I know WHY they did it, and the reasons are fully political and corrupt.
I also know why many who were apolitical and professional went along with it. They allowed themselves to become convinced by the political snakes involved that Trump was a risk as a manchurian candidate, IE the Russia narrative.
This is despite the fact that Trump has a long history in New York as a patriotic capitalist businessman.
What makes this whole thing so sick is that just 8 years previous, a many who spent part if his youth in a Madrasa and spent his early adulthood with domestic terrorist was not treated the same way.
Rational, well reasoned and I share your disgust.
When someone "who spent part if his youth in a Madrasa and spent his early adulthood with domestic terrorist" takes over the White House, this is what he does as a natural inclination, and he finds others with a similar inclination to fill out his administration.
-PJ