You are missing the entire point and trying to paint trump in a positive light at the same time.
Trump capitalized on the naivety of low intelligence people who believed he had a magic wand. He knew exactly what he was doing. They believed him. He did what he's been doing his whole life - scamming people to get what he wants.
No I'm just acknowledging it for what it is. The US would never go for extreme enough measures to effectively offset competitors who work for peanuts or human labor replaced by robots. Trump would like to change that and I give him credit for that. It doesn't mean I believe he can but at least he acknowledges the problem.
Making campaign promises that aren't fulfilled? That's just par for the course, nobody would get elected if they told the straight, sober truth about the American Dream eroding away if all you've got is hard work when there's someone in China willing to work as hard for a fraction of the wages.
"They believed him". Sure. Obama didn't accomplish all of his goals either yet was believable enough to get elected. Twice. The same would have been true had Hillary been elected. That's what
politicians do, tell everyone what they want to hear, knowing the whole time that it's impossible for everyone to get what they want.
Are you just now realizing that? Have you forgotten that Obama was doing a lot of things that people weren't happy about and that's a large part of the reason why Trump got elected despite acting like a **** and alienating a large % of the population? Trump is the opposite of Obama, the hope was someone would
try to reverse the course the country set in the past 8 years, which to some is better than sailing on in the same direction.
What you're suggesting doesn't even make sense. Trump didn't need the money or fame, had the least to gain to scam people to get what he wants, has a lower standard of living as president than before. Well I take that back, he is an attention wh0re so that's a whole lot of attention driving his behavior.
Maybe if everyone stopped whining and giving him so much attention then he'd settle down and act like a president.