Yet he was elected by people for these petty promises

NPR had a good story the other day about the coalition of Trump's voter's, and how different the groups are. There were definitely those who voted for him and didn't expect him to keep his promises (promises that didn't make sense to most people with knowledge of economics), just to keep Hillary from winning.

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/02/535240706/study-no-one-issue-c...