What kind of leader uses fear tactics to rally his "base?"

What kind of "base" is so easy to manipulate with fear?

- [i]The caravan is coming to get you.[/i]
- [i]The stock market will crash if I'm not reelected.[/i]
- [i]No one knows more than I do.[/i]
- [i]It's a national emergency.[/i]
- [i]If it wasn't for me, we would be in a war with North Korea by now.
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

And what about those "mines" the Americans blame the Iranians for that the Japanese captain saw flying through the air to hit the ship.
The only real question is "Just how stupid are American voters?" We know how stupid Trump thinks they are. We wont know for a while if he it right. Not that being wrong stops him.