A chance of making the federal government smaller and less overbearing. Also a path that didn't inevitably lead to civil war.

That's such a vague response that it's difficult to respond with any specifics, but I will say that I can't imagine how you thought Donald Trump was the better of the two candidates to achieve either of these goals.

He said "I will be a dictator on day 1", and he meant it. It wasn't "a joke".

He's using US Military on US soil. Sending National Guard in where there is no legal justification for it. This is what the start of a civil war looks like.