Trump's popularity has always rested on the fact that he is not a politician like so many others who have disappointed the electorate by not looking out for their interests. Congress is not taking care of the people's business, which is their only reason to all be in Washington at the same time. They were not elected to be insurgents and shut down the government for partisan political reasons, or to advocate for their best donors, or damage confidence in the government itself by insuring that it does not work as well as it could. (The Zika virus legislation that died through automatic GOP manipulation of the bill is a good example of how legislators failed to protect the people when they had a chance, proving that government is no help, even in the face of a public health emergency. Republicans make sure the people's government doesn't work and then use that as a reason to do it more damage.)