This column (while biased against Trump as over 90% of US journalistic output is these days) is honest about the misery and hopelessness motivating so many people in the US heartland to vote for Trump and change.

Will his promised policies make a difference in their bleak lives?

Yes if Congress can be cajoled and coerced into passing Trump's agenda on the biggest items (tax and health care reform, trade resets, and infrastructure rebuilding).

Perhaps not if rabidly obstructionist forces in The Deep State and its media enablers continue to conspire against Trump and to stall his agenda.  

But in just 7 months nibbling around the edges, Trump has so restored investor and entrepreneur confidence that markets are at record levels, unemployment lowest in 16 years, black unemployment lowest in 17 years, 2.6% growth in Q2 (2x Obama's average) and regulatory reform is working.

Only most heartless and selfish political weasels would want Trump to fail these formerly forgotten Americans.