Why Many Voted for Trump

Why did so many vote for Trump? One reason was a strong disapproval of the US foreign policy of the last 24 years—a foreign policy drifting toward war with Russia. 

But didn't Russia want War? 

The swamp creatures scream that “the Russians brought it on themselves with their aggressive actions! What about Ukraine! Syria!”

Nonsense. The drive to make Russia’s security situation untenable started almost as soon as the Warsaw Pact was dissolved and the Soviet Union disbanded. What’s different is that Russia is now strong enough to push back. Ukraine – what would we do if Russia, or China, embraced the overthrow of a U.S.-friendly elected government in, say, Mexico, and sought to pull that country into an anti-American alliance? Syria – why is it in America’s interest to help terror-supporting states like Saudi Arabia and Qatar to overthrow a secular (and pro-Christian) government and replace it with some jihad terror group like ISIS or al-Qaeda?

It seems to me that in terms of domestic policies Trump will not be able to fulfill his rhetoric. It sounds great, but is it actually doable? But in terms of foreign policy, Trump will avoid war, and I do not understand why those who are not a part of the military industrial complex would be unhappy about this.