Why did America elect a loon as President?

President Trump's previous career was celebrity clown. How did he get the job despite the odds?

To win the nomination for Republican candidate for president he had to defeat 12 other loons. That turned out to be easy. He just relentlessly insulted anyone who came close to him in the polls. Republicans like this behavior.

Before and after he won the nomination a lot of people who have never voted before in their lives decided to vote for Trump. They liked his "America First" idea. These are hard working people who felt the other politicians ignored them. They fell in love with Trump and most of them still love him.

Trump's opponent in the election was part of the problem. A lot of people including some Democrats didn't like her. Hilary Clinton screwed up when she decided to ignore the rules and use her own email instead of government email for when she was Secretary of State in the 1st 4 years of the Obama administration. That got her into trouble.

Even worse was when she insulted half of the American population, calling them "deplorables". This made the angry Trump fans more likely to vote.

Now we are stuck with a loon who wants to destroy the environment and who can't stop acting like a child, disgracing this country every chance he gets.

The upside is he might be doing something right because the economy is booming, lots of jobs are available, and the stock market keeps setting new highs.

He should lose in 2020 but I wouldn't bet on it. The Democrats will probably find a way to lose the election again. We will see what happens.