Hey tinyowl. Yes, as someone said, "Find out where the parade is headed, and get out in front of it."
Trump took an American heart that was beating faintly and made it thump strongly again. He encouraged America's lovers to exercise their political muscles. And we soon discovered it felt good to pump blood to those muscles again!
Now what Trump started has become a good habit. We are determined to overthrow the corrupt elites in Washington -- and it will happen so long is we stay on that Stairmaster machine and keep that heart pumping.
So I agree with your point: you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
But what Trump's courage, words, and actions did was make us thirsty as hell! ... to return to the America we remember.
Our leaders were not listening.
Trump did.
End of story.