Yes, I'm absolutely ignorant but I recall I was the one on this forum who warned you that giving the mood on the streets he was not to be ignored, but of course academics and scholars posting here knew better since they are so much in touch with reality. Also that dreamed 'Blue Wave" did not quite materialize, did it?
The larger proportion of population had to be taken on "fear, latent racism and had to be persuaded because its how so co called democracy works in western world. You can't do anything without outwardly laying or spreading a pure BS to populace.
Mainstream does that through the ownership of the media.
Trump is of course a scham but not a bigger scham than ANYBODY else in that circle. Nobody had a will, and certainly nobody in the mainstream to widely expose dealings of other officials in scale comparable to the manhunt to get the man?
Trump was chosen because part of the US elites felt the need for a change of course in changing geopolitical world. There is of course nothing wrong with the fact that Trump gave some, even if false hope to people who felt long abandoned.
And, there was a need to vent some of the long accumulated in the society grievances and bad feelings. You can sweep under the carpet only to an extent and this is how American politics have been done for decades now.
Oh, that Hitler thing, like Adolf just popped out of the vacuum and if Arnold could jump in the past and kill that motherf....er none of the atrocities of WWII would have happened.
It's unfortunate that such a"clown like Trump had to be face of an attempted change. Giving the fact that the need for "feel good" coziness is overwhelming among the mainstream he probably has to go -ASAP. After all, his base is already sentenced and heading for extinction so the will and needs of the rat race winners has to be prioritized. I'm not sure how it can be accomplished. All your ideas are bad but constant smear campaign in the press and finishing off his family socially and economically during the remaining 2 years of his term can do it.
The only problem is you don't have anybody with a hint of Charisma to replace him with. Just forget Bernie. Nobody called Bernie is becoming US president although nationalized health care and educations would be a nice things to have. Living under a bridge is not a long term prospect.
Warm Regards