It's part of the whole far-right aesthetic that I don't quite understand. They mock us for worshiping liberal and leftist politicians, but they quite literally surrender their own thinking process to a "strong leader" type, even when that person has been proven to be a deranged lunatic.
My guess, and I'm being absolutely serious with this, is that most of these people didn't have a strong male role model in their lives when they were little kids.