The United States has changed a great deal over the last 25 years, from a manufacturing powerhouse to a service based society. The loss of many traditional jobs came in waves. And the 2008-2009 recession in the US was in many ways, much worse than people outside the US realize. The recovery was long and slow and many jobs that were there before, simply never came back. And a lot of people may not have been classified as unemployed, but they were working 2 dead end jobs just to make ends meet. And there were a LOT of angry, disenfranchised people out there who felt that nobody was listening to them or really helping them. They didn't feel like they had a voice or a say in their own futures. And Donald Trump was seen as an "outsider". He was a businessman (though a fake one) and people wanted somebody from outside the Washington Establishment. And his main opponent, Hilary Clinton was not a particularly likable person. But she was even less likable with the GOP painting her as the devil for more than 20 years.
The problem, as some of us knew then, and most of us know now, is that the man is and was a liar, a thief and a terrible narcissistic human being.
