@Right_in_Virginia
He beat everyone for one reason. He was the only authentic anti-establishment candidate. All the other major candidate were owned by Marxist globalists with the possible exception of Ted Cruz. Noticed I said "possible", lots of evidence points to Cruz being a globalist too. The voters have had it with globalism, open borders and one way trade deals. The corrupt DC establishment is the disease and Trump is the cure.
Every other candidate running was more of the same.
@Right_in_Virginia FWIW,I tend to THINK that Cruz HAS to dance right up to the Globalist Line in order to remain a mainstream alleged Republican candidate with any influence. I THINK that if he were free to express his own opinions he would be much more conservative than he appears to be.
Which is kind of why Trump won the primary. IMO,he was in the running for the ego boost and had nothing to lose,so he didn't HAVE to suck up to anybody. Then he actually won the damn thing and suddenly had to start taking it seriously.
I am HOPING that a lot of what we see as Trump sucking up the GOP establishment now is merely him "playing" them until after he has his cabinet picked and is sworn in. IF this is what he is doing,it is,IMHO, a VERY smart move because it gives him time to organize and actually be sworn in before he has to start putting out fires in his backfield. By then he will be in a position to punish those who try to harm him and reward those who want to work with him,and it will be too late to sabotage his cabinet and his agenda.
I may well be 180 degrees off,but I hope I'm not,and it doesn't cost anything to hope. Especially since there is nothing else we can do at this point.