No hiring people that he trusts is smart. He's rather famously quick to fire people who aren't up to the job.
Claig is onto something when she talks about the corrupt global establishment though and I doubt many people have really thought through the implications.
Trump might be a billionaire but he's also a normal bloke. He bases his opinions on the same sources that we do whether mainstream or fringe. He hasn't had access to secret intel other than through wikileaks.
Why is this important?
Well it's never been mentioned explicitly in the campaign that I know of but why do you think that a society that has very low numbers of Muslim immigrants has voted for extreme vetting, or a complete ban on Muslims entering the country if they didn't read the small print?
Well the answer is close to home. The alt right particularly in America as enshrined by talk radio and right leaning forums uses us as an example. The UK and Sweden in particular.
The Rotherham child abuse scandal, whilst never mentioned in polite circles anymore for fears of being thought racist, ( it was allowed to perpetuate for the same reason which hollowly laughs out of town the idea that political correctness is merely politeness) sent Americans into a gun buying frenzy.
I doubt you could find a forum devoted to firearms, hunting, or probably any hobby where Americans don't discuss in shock what could happen to their country - the meme is generally that they are a decade or two behind the times but that it will happen here ( there).
Add in the Swedish rape scandal, police watching on whilst new years eve revellers were molested all over Europe and you have a news story which is far bigger on the States than over here.
It's a big topic with the alt right as well. Right wing radio shock jocks are important over there. Along with heads of state Trump called Alex Jones at infowars and promised to appear on his show soon. Guess what one of his bugbears has been?
As Obama mocked Trump there is a grain of truth in what he said. I suspect he'll be looking at swamps outside of Washington too, aided by our Nigel who still has quite a bee in his bonnet over such things himself. Can't imagine why.