I DO know that he clams to want to control open borders,
That was a con. The borders are not open, and Trump wasn't particularly successful at controlling the borders.
he wanted to help the small businessman rather than taxing the crap out of them which disincentivizes them from even wanting to run small businesses.
If Trump wanted to help small business, he would have paid his own bills instead of stiffing them. If Trump wanted to help small business, he wouldn't have hired immigrants for his own businesses.
Oh, and he gave massive tax breaks to the wealthy,
And you are probably going to be paying for that for the rest of your life.
though trickle down economics is akin to priming the pump.
It usually isn't. Rather, it is a way of giving money to the rich under the false pretense of priming the pump.
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