I wish I could say the same thing. My dad has gone from a never Trumper in 2020 to a full blown supporter. In the last few weeks he has told me that he thinks Trump is a good man, that tariffs are a good thing for the economy and that gas in CA is $8/gallon because Newsome shut down the refineries. They believe so many things that are objectively false and easily disprovable with 2 min of Google searches. But he sits at home, mainlining Fox News all day long and believes them over anything else.
Had dinner with him 2 nights ago because my youngest is going off to college. It was such a strained conversation because all he wants to talk about is his dumb Fox News shit but he knows that I won't abide that. So we had several long, awkward silences as I tried to think of safe topics to discuss. And even then, he tried to slip some bullshit into the conversation a couple of times but stopped when it was immediately refuted.
I want the man who raised me back and I know he's gone forever. He's 85 and has been fully consumed by the right wing propaganda machine.