I'm no American and I am from a country (Turkey, but I moved out) that has some similarities to both Asian and Western style corruption.

> "What is this govt. going to give me for free for me to vote for it"

The exact line of thinking has caused its own Trump case in Turkey. It is similar for the Eastern Europe. Many voted for Trump for petty small interests and very short term gains too. For all of them, social media was a huge boost to explode small gains into bigger narratives.