When Donald Trump declared his intent to pursue the presidency in June, rumors swirled that he had hired actors to cheer him on during his campaign speech. The accusations seemed to only further belittle the billionaire’s already seeming miniscule chances at the GOP nomination. Trump, an outspoken New York businessman and TV star, carried an alarmingly high disapproval rating from those in his own party. As a result, the political experts said that he didn’t stand a chance.

“They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people,” Trump said during that infamous June speech. This quote about illegal immigrants from Mexico seemed as though it would inevitably outrage Americans.

Later, offensive attacks towards John McCain’s military service record, childish insults fired at fellow politicians, and a poor debate performance appeared to spell doom for Trump. In fact, just about every aspect of Trump’s campaign was not supposed to work.

Then, the seemingly impossible occurred: many Americans listened to Trump’s message and jumped on the billionaire’s bandwagon. Now as the runaway frontrunner of the Republican Party, Trump no longer has any reason to hire actors to support him. In fact, he’s nearly filling up entire football stadiums of rabid supporters.

Why exactly are people flocking a candidate like Trump all of a sudden? History has shown that Americans do not take kindly to brash and outspoken candidates. Why has that suddenly changed? To find the answer to this question, we must realize that Trump’s rapid rise is just a piece of a much larger conflict. Trump’s supporters are currently in the midst of waging an unwise war against a very uncooperative partisan system. Unfortunately for them, they are walking into a trap. Trump’s presence in the Oval Office would only fuel the fire that is raging in DC.

In a way, Trump’s supporters may have a right to be angry at the government. After all, Democrats and Republicans cannot seem to agree on or get anything done together in Washington. It’s no wonder Congress has a fourteen percent approval rating. The fact that modern politics seems to encourage lying, deceit and political agendas more and more each day is equally frustrating. Change, some believe, is needed. They argue that if politicians are unwilling to cooperate and get things done, then the people should elect someone else, an outsider, who will. The outsider of their choice happens to be none other than Trump.

My question to them is this: why would you send a bully to promote compromise and cooperation in Washington? It’s almost hypocritical, really. It seems like a stretch to think that a man who specializes in insults (“loser,” “lightweight” and “dummy” are just a few of his insults of choice) would make many friends in Congress. In fact, petty attacks (provoked or not) against political opponents would only create further tension and division.

It’s also important to note that voting in a boisterous president would send a message to politicians everywhere: act more like Trump if you want to be elected. This would be disastrous. Politicians would find themselves distracted by trivial quarrels among each other rather than focusing on the more important issues at hand.

Ultimately, everyone wants a government system that is productive and is willing to work together to keep America strong. In order to do that, Washington needs a president who will promote civility and mend political faults. Based on what Trump’s campaign strategy thus far, it’s likely that he will do just the opposite.