> For example: I dare say Trump doesn't give a flying fuck about what he had to do to get elected. He picked out 5 or 10 focus groups that would give him the ne

> For example: I dare say Trump doesn't give a flying fuck about what he had to do to get elected. He picked out 5 or 10 focus groups that would give him the necessary votes to win, and focused on those. He won't deliver. He just wanted to be president. It's weird that we tend to assume people are stupid or disingenuous when we disagree with them. Trump has been on the receiving end of a lot of that and in the case of economics it's easily debunked. He was a supporter of Ross Perot in the 90s, and nearly ran for Perot's Reform party. For those too young to remember, Perot's primary issue was protection for American jobs. The interesting is that, as international businessmen, both Perot and Trump were in more of a position to make money internationally than under the protectionist rules they pushed. When you realize that it looks a little less like self-interest. There are many reasons to dislike Trump but it doesn't do any good to minimize him. In fact, it's counter-productive. You counter your opponent by really knowing him.