I think there would be no difference really, seeing as it is hard to determine when a person is being genuine or fake, especially when the environment or situation can make one more suspicious if a person is who they seem.
I have not met every atheist person out there, just like I have not met every religious person out there, but many atheists I hear have problems more with religious people attacking them than religious people practicing their religion on their own, with the most attacks from atheists coming from those coming to terms with what their life was like before becoming atheist, until it no longer bothers them.
As for the general view of atheists you have seen prefer people to be religious over being in the trump cult, I think this ties in a lot with people not realizing a person’s character does not determine their leadership capabilities, nor do they have enough information to determine whether the actions of said leader were right.
However, it is indeed funny they prefer religion over the Trump cult.
As for your last question, I am not sure that I would fit the mold for that question, as the existence of a god is hard to prove or disprove, even considering there are some people that believe there is a god but does not care at all what happen, but my answer would be that it would not be an option because you can easily see through religion when you view it as a business and that there are now more ways today where one can find the place where one belongs today than existed before both information ages (Gutenberg Press ushered in the first Information Age).