[Former Proud Canadian]

No one trusted the "amiable dunce" actor from Hollywood who became president and seemed to get things done despite a democrat controlled legislature. He went over their heads. Trump is saying things that lots of people want to hear.

Besides that, Obama seems to be getting his way despite a lack of "complicit players".

[Alberta's Child]

1. Ronald Reagan served as governor of California during its peak as a place of opportunity before he ever ran for the White House.

2. Obama has plenty of complicit players in Congress from both parties. That's why they've let him get away with everything he's done. Remember -- when Ted Cruz tried to filibuster the ObamaCare appropriations bill back in 2013, it was REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS who were his loudest critics.