There just has to be a reason

It's hilarious how Trump loyalists act all "shocked" ... as if this were the first time they heard about Trump's criminal activity.

 

It has to do with money, but not in the way you think. People's opinions are assigned to them by the media they consume. It's called priming, and it's a psychological process that happens to everyone. You are not immune.

This priming takes place when a social media AI serves you data it thinks you want to view. In one sense you're priming yourself by teaching the AI what you want to view, in another sense you're being primed by an automated process that only wants to generate passive revenue.