DJT wasn't my first preference either.
When my 80yo mom (who was a life-long Democrat and naturalized citizen ) told me she was voting for Trump - because he "tells it like it is, even if the message is uncomfortable", I started paying more attention to him and was won over.
Loved the Red Dinner too...he was absolutely savage!
I thought he was going back to the podium for his mask, but it was a hat.