There's an old saying about how an honest politician is one who, when he's bought, stays bought. I think most politicians (Biden, Bush, Trudeau, etc) are like this. Trump just nakedly panders and says anything (even if he contradicts something else he said).

The way I've summed this up at times for some of my fellow geeks is that most politicians are Lawful Evil, but Trump is Chaotic Evil. Hobgoblins and bugbears are both dangerous, and saying, "I'll avoid the hobgoblin and walk into the bugbear's den" doesn't seem to make any more sense than doing the reverse.