That's the key. Tim is a progressive, like so many Millennials, because of social phenomena, not because of any rigorous and sincere reflection on the political issues. He was afraid to follow his own ideas and intuitions because of his friends. Now that a few in his social circle have bolted to Trump, you watch, he'll follow right along.
The other day he also basically said he would vote for Trump and told stories about his leftist vegan hippie friends telling him they are voting Trump
That's the key. Tim is a progressive, like so many Millennials, because of social phenomena, not because of any rigorous and sincere reflection on the political issues. He was afraid to follow his own ideas and intuitions because of his friends. Now that a few in his social circle have bolted to Trump, you watch, he'll follow right along.