It was and he is now the President - warts and all. He was democratically elected and will remain so for the balance of his term unless he commits an act that results in his impeachment. Those on the Liberal/left/progressive side of the political spectrum are aghast at this reality as well as conservatives who didn't support him. Many of those who did support him are also having second thoughts given his continuing  bellicose behaviour. The fact is, however, that many Americans were fed up with the well-heeled, relatively polite and civilized sycophants in Washington who glad handed them at each election for their vote and then promptly forgot them. Trump recognized that revolution was in the air and exploited the opportunity. Establishment politicians on both sides were blind to the phenomena as were the pundits, the pollsters, the media and a large part of the public. When this revolt carried Trump to victory, his detractors persisted in seeing him as a cause rather than a symptom.