"Still, there was a dominant theme to his campaign: "America First!" The phrase, resonant of the American Nazi movement of the 1930s, expressed a mood and an unsophisticated worldview, both of which are problematic as the nation continues the never-ending task of assessing its role in the world."

The America First movement of the pre-Pearl Harbor era was espoused by Charles Lindberg and others who thought the British government and prominent Jews were conspiring to get the United States involved in World War II.  Not surprisingly, the movement attracted anti-Semites.  The movement vanished almost overnight after Pearl Harbor.

Donald Trump's presidential campaign appealed to similar unsophisticated voters who view the world through xenophobic eyes.  Trump's made a lot of empty promises that unsophisticated voters swallowed whole.  It is no surprise that he had no intention of keeping them.  The saddest part is that the voters who believed Trump's lies still support him.