Well, he's basically living in Thailand for a year on tourist exemptions. Plenty others have been doing that and OP wasn't hurting anyone in my book, but they want him here on a proper visa.
It defies explanation. Everywhere there are always a few who latch onto cults, but this is now the majority of Americans who have suspended reality and put their faith in a maniac charlatan blowing our democracy and society to smithereens. We are going to look like a giant Yugoslavia any day now, neighbor shooting at neighbor. 🥺