Trump won by assembling a portfolio of the ill informed, the gullible, and people who had a big grievance—or thought they had a grievance.
Example (only one among many): Latinos who were butt hurt because new undocumented asylum seekers were getting work permits and drivers licenses while earlier undocumented immigrants were not. See PBS Wisconsin, Resentment among immigrants over newer arrivals helped boost Trump for Latino voters: Across the United States, Latino immigrants who have been in the country a long time felt that asylum-seekers got preferential treatment
A lot of the voters motivated by that particular grievance were family members or friends of the earlier undocumented community—the very people that Steven Miller and his ilk long to deport.
Surprisingly, it turns out that putting together a plurality of the inconsistently aggrieved was a winning strategy. Unsurprisingly, trying to govern based on a coalition of people with diametrically opposed views is going to be a big, big problem.
The video linked above—based on events of the last few days—illustrates the point very well.
A Note on the Midas Touch Network
During the election season, I watched them from time to time. As far as I can tell, they were earning viewers by continually making the case that the good guys were beating the bad guys—right up until the point when the bad guys won the election. Now, they may be trying to earn viewers by exaggerating the problems that Trump will have governing.
Be that as it may, I can tell you what I am, and am not, trying to do in these posts. I am not intentionally selecting facts just to make our side feel good. I am trying to be objective.
So go ahead and reach for that shaker of salt. Take a little. And then enjoy watching the video.
Facing MAGA 