Actually, more of an F you to demented upper middle class white liberals who want to wipe out entire regions because of their elitist hatreds, hypochondriac-like white guilt, and lack of general ambition, morality, motivation, goals, or talent. They build only to destroy while lining their own pockets.
Basically, it was a reaction to the Ellsworth Tooheys of America.
To be honest with you the Democrats backed themselves in a corner expecting to win easily while Trump hustled to gain as much support he needed to become president. Another reason Trump won is because his voting base believed in him 100% while Clinton had her own difficulties in attracting voters and so forth.
Pretty sure it was
National Review - a conservative, Republican magazine - that literally said working class white towns should "die."
If you really want to blame NAFTA for the woes in these communities, NAFTA was a Republican project, not a Democratic one. Bill Clinton just happened to be there when it came time to sign on the dotted line.
Your party has done more damage to these people than the Democrats ever did. But Democrats committed the unforgivable sin of saying "Happy Holidays" to you instead of "Merry Christmas" at Walmart so clearly everything is their fault and white males are being oppressed.
