You mean people vote for a slum lord who is lauded by billionaires expecting and who funelled Whitehouse budget to his own hotels expecting him to eliminate rent-seekers?

> (...) while also putting up barriers to free trade, thus increasing domestic spending (...)

You mean the same guy who sold them cheap made in China golden sneakers for a small fortune, and bragged he got all his loans from Russia?

This train of thought defies any and all reasoning.