 an explanation for why it was that working class white voters had flopped to Donald Trump in the numbers that they had. But he hadn't written it as a supporter of Donald Trump's at all. In fact, quite the opposite. He was very, very critical of Donald Trump initially. He says, though, that having watched him govern and seen how his policies worked in action, he changed his mind. And when he decided to run for the Senate himself, he needed Donald Trump's backing. He needed his endorsement.