He won for one reason only. He out promised his opponent with things he cannot possibly deliver. Americans love a free lunch, any politician in office understands that. Rebuild military, don't touch SS or Medicare, start up coal fired power plants and mines, build wall at Mexican border, rebuild our infrastructure, bring back manufacturing, replace Obama care with "something great", and a tax break for all. As a society are we we really that ignorant? I wrote in a name on my ballot as was told my vote was wasted. To vote for either Clinton or Trump was the real wasted vote. IMO