What is to be done?
As a diplomat, and a politician, I think Mr Trump should try harder not to offend the morons.
For the record, I agree with his policy tendencies, although I would say they are too progressive, require too much administration, and are publicized too loudly. Lest I cause confusion, this is what I have been advocating for a half-century or so, ever since I first took an interest in national and worldly economic issues, thanks to employment by a business publication in good old British Hong Kong. I try not to prefer one political personality to another, but treat them all quite equally, as filth. My exception for Mr Trump is thus only temporary.
Let the politicians do anything they want, so long as they do it with their own money. Otherwise, let them be restricted, as follows:
I recommend that all governments be supported by a domestic sales tax of, say, five percent, rising to ten percent in wartime — on all goods and services. Also, a tariff on imports for an identical amount, so that importers will not enjoy a competitive advantage. Otherwise, entirely free trade and free ports, with no income tax, nor any other kind of “special” taxes, no public statistics gathering, and the politicians compelled to balance their books, or face grievous physical punishments.
Of course, a few things would be banned, outright, such as fentanyl, & suitcase-sized nuclear weapons. But apart from these, no bureaucratic favours to any constituency. The Church does charity, not the State.