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Because they (Trump and propagandists both foreign and domestic) used the migrants and immigrants as scapegoats, which is the same as we will be seeing as more and more European countries also fall to fascism. It's human nature that their followers blame the scapegoats as the cause of all their problems, and adore the wealthy as their betters who should be in charge.