No, we’re supposed to evaluate the political buttons that he pushes, whether they correspond to our pent-up frustrations or not. He hasn’t spent a lot of time in politics, so he’s a conservative (I’ve got lotsa FU money) populist.
My favorite theory is that he spent a few hundred thousand on the Clintons, and they tried to blackmail him for more. He doesn’t like that, so he pulled the trigger on them and they pulled the trigger on him. He was their friend but now, this is strictly business.
Which pretty much adds up to a nothing burger when it comes to core principles. He has none.