Trump rhetoric != Trump politics<p>This is something that the media have completely failed to address.<p>Take something like illegal immigrants.<p>You don't find a single politician in the US or in Europe for that matter who would ever say that they are ok with illegal immigrant. There is more or less complete political consensus around this subject yet Trump managed through rhetorics to make it look like there is deep political disagreement, simply by saying he wants to build a wall and make the Mexican government pay for it.<p>Everyone from left to right fell for it but when you look at it Trumps political are actually quite moderate.<p>Fundamentally he is for gay marriage, for legalization of some drugs, he isn't very religious, his taxation politics are fundamentally to lower taxes for small businesses but remove deductions, he is fundamentally in agreement with most of Affordable Healthcare Act (especially the part about preexisting conditions which is one of the most important parts of it) and he is a business man who basically need the common man to do well so that many of his enterprises can do well, hardly someone who wants to go to war. He is also against the trade agreements. Which is hurtigt average americans who don't get to benefit from globalization.<p>The real crime here is that the media haven't called his bluff and instead of giving us proper analysis they gave us the juicy headlines that he is in almost infinite supply of. Because that is what sells.<p>Trump rhetoric is vulgar and over the top but he is talking to a bunch of people who have never been heard and who have never felt like they had a voice. Trump give them that voice and thats why he is popular.<p>If he ever became president he would most likely only be running for 4 years because he would basically not do any of the things he's been talking about.<p>A real populist for sure but a global risk he isn't.