Yeah but they are losing out because of all of this as well. A crushing economy will screw everyone over regardless of how they vote. It’s not like any of his plans have policies in them to protect his supporters, he doesn’t care about his own supporters.

In 4 years time he’ll either no longer be able to remain president and will step down due to term limits, or he will have completely taken control and he’ll be in charge indefinitely as an actual dictator. Either way he doesn’t need his supporters anymore.