Trump is a creation if a number of factors, you cant blame Obama without blaming the nutcase anti obama crowd.. thew birther shtick, the obama is a muslim, alien etc
Partisan class whining has hurt us, Conservative's who will shoot you dead if you try to take their guns and violate the 2nd amnd. Will in no way tolerate the federal government's not intervening in a broader judiciary issue of gay marriage etc.
People by and large are either ill informed about circumstances or simply have no ability to self think.
Stuff like NAFTA - I dont know offhand the mechanics of it etc but any trade agreement that supposedly hurts us, helps too... Access to cheap electronics created by cheap labor sourced by cheap created material, helped the economy too.