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[–] epsilona01 ago 

I expect that there's no truth whatsoever in presidential candidates' promises and rhetoric. In fact, I doubt many people believe any of the things they say. Does it really matter what they say the specific details to their plans are, if I have no reason to believe them? Politicians are liars.

So do I trust Trump and what he says his plans are? He's not really a politician, but he's up against someone that I am certain not to trust. Even if it's just a miniscule chance that Trump will make good on his promises, it's still infinitely more than I trust Hillary. (the same went for most of his rivals in the primary as well)

This is why he doesn't really need to campaign really hard on details. He's in an arena where no one believes them anyway, so why try to convince people who aren't going to believe you?

We want solutions, to be honest he promises some of them. But we're convinced that his opponent (and previous opponents) have no interest in solving the problems that our government has been supposed to solve for 20+ years. Take the Scott Adams "master persuader" theory all you want, but the environment of a total lack of trust in anyone he could be facing makes it work. Because of that, all he has to do is persuade people that he's not as bad as Hillary. (or, have WikiLeaks prove it for him)