I agree with you, it makes perfect sense (just) if you don't think about it. I don't have the right words in english to express my thought about Don, but I really don't understand why so many people believe in him. I can't understand. Maybe I'm a sort of "alien", but sometimes I think people want to come back to the medioeval age or, as we use to say here in Italy, they have "slices of salami on the eyes" .
He offers apparently simple solutions that appeal to people, but he doesn't actually bother to understand the real issues. Some of the press are to blame for not pointing out his lies and mistakes.