My son, not a Trump supporter, claims that we need to relax because he perceives that Trump was putting on a show to garner publicity. Free publicity. The more outrageous things he said, the more coverage he got. Obviously, he didn't plan the "****" tape, but I doubt he meant everything he said. As a "change" candidate, he now will have to answer all those angry people who elected him why the wall's not being built, why Hillary is not being investigated by a special prosecutor and going to jail, why the immigration problem isn't fixed, why the Iran deal is not undone, why businesses are still going to China and Mexico, and why he still won't reveal his tax returns.
I'm sure he got some votes from anti-feminists and from racial bigots, but that doesn't explain the huge swing to him. The irony is that what some comedians said turned out to be true: a lot of people who were voting Trump lied to polsters our of embarrassment.
I was mentally set for a Hillary presidency and figured, oh, well, the worst she can do is continue to rob us blind and continue lying. We can survive that for 4 years. I'm going to need time to soak in the new reality.