Before you knee jerk downvote for going against the ciclejerk, please understand the other side.
For any Redditors who are curious about what Trump actually stands for and why he is dominating the polls, here is his actual platform.
1) No more nation building in the Middle East. He was also calling the Iraq War a mistake way before it was cool to do so.
2) Lower and middle class tax cuts.
3) Focus on American jobs.
4) Doesn't want the government charging interest on student loans: "That’s probably one of the only things the government shouldn’t make money off. I think it’s terrible that one of the only profit centers we have is student loans". Open to student loan forgiveness programs.
5) Wants to audit the Federal Reserve.
6) He's genuinely against TPP.
7) Wants to allow states to legalize marijuana: "Marijuana is such a big thing. I think medical should happen - right? Don't we agree? I think so. And then I really believe we should leave it up to the states."
8) Doesn't have any special interests groups funding him unlike the other candidates. Has called for all candidates to return the money they're getting back to Super PACs and to remove special interest groups from our election process.
9) Likes universal healthcare, is open to replacing America's broken system with something better.
10) Moderate on social issues (e.g. affirmative action, women's health, gay rights)
11) Focus on broad-based American nationalism instead of narrow and divisive race and gender identity politics.
12) Acknowledgement that political correctness is obnoxious.
13) Desire to put America first in trade deals instead of pure Wall Street globalism that exploits third world workers abroad and destroys domestic jobs.
14) Realist based foreign policy. (e.g. deal with Putin if it is in our national interest to do so, even if he isn't a nice guy).
15) National pride. The man loves his country and thinks it is the best. Every country should have a leader like that.
16) Diversity: he employed women in leadership roles before it was popular to do that. And he did it in the construction industry of all places.
17) He has absolutely nothing against legal immigration, he's encouraged it many times. His grandparents are immigrants, his wife is an immigrant, several of his closest business partners in New York are immigrants. He is against uncontrolled, illegal immigration.
18) Hugely successful businessman, knows how to manage money, how to invest for the future and a fantastic negotiator.
19) Unlike other candidates, his economic plan actually makes sense. It would result in "an 11 percent higher GDP, a 29 percent larger capital stock, 6.5 percent higher wages, and 5.3 million more full-time equivalent jobs".
20) Take a look at this video of him back in 1991 talking about how to utilize the upper class to re-invest in America or face higher taxes. Not only is he very knowledgable in economics and investment, but the tax structure he offers up back in 91' seems relevant even today to help alleviate some of the complaints we have about 1%'ers and wall street.
21) Acknowledges the danger of allowing mass refugees from places governed by fundamentalist terrorist groups, even if such acknowledgment is not politically correct.
22) The definition of anti-establishment: The GOP establishment HATES him with a passion of a million burning suns. The fact that almost every single one of those career politician turds taking donations and beholding themselves to interest groups absolutely loathes Trump makes me want to vote him as king let alone President. Our system is completely broken, our career politicians have every single incentive to pursue political goals instead of making our country better. Trump is rebuilding the GOP from the inside out, he's mixing New York moderate social values and nationalist pride, basically using the Republicans as a platform to run as an independent.
