We’ll have to excuse them if we don’t want to label them.
But frankly speaking, if people realised what a disaster Trump was going to be the first time round, while not living in the US, being a citizen or even being eligible to vote in the USA, then how come your fellow countryman didn’t know better.
I remember showering to a German song titled (translated) “Hurra, the world is going to end” the day the result of the elections 2016 were published.