I don’t trust politicians, Trump included. Generally speaking, they have secret interests at heart, not our interests at heart. But when they campaign on doing what we want, then there is a higher chance that what they secretly want, and what we openly want, actually align.
However, at the exact moment that they start doing things that we don’t want, we need to let them know that 1) we see they are doing things that we don’t want, 2) we remember them saying they were going to do what we want, if applicable, and 3) they better do what we want, or we will cause them pain. That exercise is healthy, even if they were actually planning on doing what we want, but accidentally sent us signals they weren’t. Because our outrage usually gets them back in line, if their goals and our goals are actually in alignment. Or at least, it helps get what we want, if the politician doesn’t want to suffer the pain we may bring them.
“I don’t trust politicians, Trump included.”
Trump is not a politician, that’s why he was elected President.