>Trump talked about things people cared about in a straightforward, albeit bombastic, way. My impression was that the man rarely said the same thing twice. My

>Trump talked about things people cared about in a straightforward, albeit bombastic, way. My impression was that the man rarely said the same thing twice. My theory was that he campaigned in the style that was popular before national media, wherein you say different things to different audiences, and that this meshed really well with facebook style targeted advertising, as he could, at least on facebook, give people the message tailored to what they wanted to hear. My theory is that because most of my media still doesn't come from facebook, and the national media outlets I follow would report everything he said, to me? he seemed like a man who didn't have any coherent beliefs. (This, assuming that Trump is cleared of collusion with the Russians, is what I feel was wrong with the current election. I feel that having the national media point out when a candidate makes conflicting statements is a good thing; I think it was a big step forward over what came before.)