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Within the context of the 2016 election, you also have to remember that Trump didn't really hang his hat on traditional republican wedge issues. The main message of his campaign was about draining the swamp and cleaning up the operation to remove typical government inefficiencies. Even his stance on immigration I think you would find most of the country would support actually enforcing the immigration laws that are already in place, especially areas near the border that have to deal with all the problems that mass illegal immigration cause. Which if you take both campaign messages at face value, you can definitely see the appeal Trump had.

Now obviously it was a manufactured message that meant nothing and Trump was just as big a crony as the rest of them, and anyone with half a brain would have known that from the get-go.