I think the problem is bigger than one person, people didn't nominate trump [a political outsider with a fair bit of baggage] over the other republican candidates because they were happy and content with the republican establishment, they wanted change and not for things to carry on as usual, ditto in a way with bernie attracting a lot of support/votes against hillary, there's a lack of trust in the 'trusted' candidates the two parties preferred.
Now I think you're right the democrats will unite on the basis of 'we must get rid of trump', but the exposure on prime time tv of the far left's policy ideas and intentions will surely galvanise the republican vote and possibly result in some undecided middle of the road voters swinging to trump?
If trump hadn't made those tax cuts and introduced the trade tariffs and left those two areas unchanged that wouldn't fix the economy either, If things had been going so well under bush and obama the public would've never voted for trump in the first place.
Cheaper consumer goods made in china is not a panacea for all economic ills. [Are the chinese workers entitled to a pension, holiday and fair worker rights etc...?] It does help the 1% increase their bank balance by millions/billions though.
It's also in a way anti climate protection, as cheap replaceable goods tend to just get trashed, an item of clothing only worn a few times etc..,so the current setup is contributing to the unsustainable, throwaway consumer lifestyle. Plus the shipping fuel/pollution to transport goods from china to the US and all over the world...[and the shipping of the raw materials to china prior to production] these must be facts relevant to pollution output?
Not quite right. Mr T started cultivating his populist agenda long before he entered the race, so it was not a total surprise that he got nominated. The democrats just misjudged the situation.
He tried to run as an independent and a democrat and never got past the primaries because of his populist tendencies.
EDIT: Post corrected.
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