Or read posts on FR regarding his plans, or read his books, or watched old videos even though some of us posted links and information for months on end..
The problem is that he didn’t present this as a candidate. It was hard to say that he had any principles at all, except that he felt he should be president. He was ill-served by whoever was in charge of this. More people would have voted for him if they actually had known all this.
But it really doesn’t matter. I and many others who were dubious voted for him, he’s the incoming President, and his appointments have been excellent so far! That’s all we need. And just by being off the wall, he may be able to carry off some things that a more polite candidate couldn’t have done.