I am not sure the attitude that the "other camp were the 'deplorables'" points to a way forward for anyone.

My impression was that few believed Trump would ban Muslims or build a wall as a phobic.

My impression was that the broken promises of multiple administrations to actually control the borders or deal effectively with root causes of terrorism built the foundation for an iconoclast to be politically successful. A good portion of the public had concluded that on 99% of the issues there was no difference between the elite in the two parties.

The post-election sneering of the losers seems to indicate those voters correctly assessed their problem, that the self-appointed, over-educated, holier-than-thou ruling class had decided they knew what was good for the country, and that included compulsory healthcare, same sex bathrooms, government-funded abortions, and so on whether anyone liked it or not.

It turned out the answer was "not".