(a) I feel like if that was the case we would have just re-elected Trump
(b) the two things are not necessarily related. more likely people agree with his defense of democracy but they're just pissy in general that he can't wave a magic wand and solve all our problems
(c) if they DO want an authoritarian, then... too fucking bad, no, you can't turn this country into Russia 2.0. Americans shouldn't always get what they want.