VegetableMan wrote:
I didn't say it made any sense, just that Trump was perceived by many as an anti-establishment candidate. Historically, people will turn to radical nationalists when they feel the system has turned its back on them.
When you think about it, the conservative right of America are the most likely to support the establishment Vegetableman. Trump has a history of being friends with hollywood, democrats, he wasn't religious, has no stance on abortion, he's a notorious womaniser and he attacked the established republican leadership during the republican primaries in 2016. He shouldn't have garnered the support he did.
His promise to bring jobs back from China and scrap trade deals with foreign countries was BS and everyone knew it.
And yet....one thing set him apart from all other republican candidates in 2016 - immigration, building the wall, islam, these issues are the ones that seem most salient to 62 million Americans who voted for him. All roads lead back here.