[alphabettsy]

To be fair, Trump didn't offer much in the way of actual policy with stated goals. The 'How' of his plans were seemingly filled in by both imagination and the media.

Saying one is going to put a stop to job killing regulations is deliberately non-specific and some who support him believe he will make things better without acknowledging potentially negative consequences. There are many who supported Clinton or Obama with the same magical thinking, real life is messy and anyone promising simple or easy solutions is a fool or thinks you might be.

[arcseco]

Trump did offer quite a bit in the way of policy. On his first day he shuttered the Trans Pacific Partnership, a monumental shift away from the movement towards globalization. He's pledged to renegotiate trade with Mexico and China, both countries have extremely unbalance trade deficits with the US. I would suggest that President Trump's promises have been more reflected in reality than his predecessors. The effectiveness of his policies can be questioned, but he's set out a path achieve or has achieved many of his core objectives (namely trade and immigration).

[vacri]

To be fairer, people don't vote for policies, they vote for promises. Trump made few policies, but he made a ton of substantial promises. "I'm going to stimulate the economy by twiddling this lending regulation" means nothing to the general public, whereas "I'm going to ensure you'll get paid more" is easy to digest.

[kalleboo]

This is something I don't understand at all. Both how people could vote for Brexit with no plan for what it even means, and how people could vote for a Trump healthcare without any concrete plan or knowing if the GOP would even agree with what the President has promised!