Some politicos need to make quite an ascent in order to reach the basement

That's been the whole Trumpian platform because they have nothing else.

That's the gag. Well, one of them. I also gag when I see how much blind devotion Trump gets. As for the masses continuously deepthroating him, they appear to have lost all gag-reflex. (Or to project it all onto anyone who isn't kneeling beside them.)