This is why "leave" won, not racism or xenophobia.
A) Everybody wants protection from competition. Where do you think profits come from? There's no shame in wanting protection, especially not as the social safety net is hollowed out. If they were not subjected to austerian measures / offshoring in the heartlands the "remain" vote probably would have won.
B) The same economists who are absolutely certain that these people's jobs are unsustainable are the same economists who pushed for offshoring and were completely blindsided by the financial crisis in 2008. The experts thing rang true because economists have no credibility left any more.
In fact, the only economist I know of who actually saw 2008 coming wanted brexit (though not for economic reasons).
The ones you mentioned were irrelevant to me and a lot of people I know.
I watched in dismay a few years ago at the prospect of Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), it was delayed as a result of this referendum - it would practically a disaster for the City of London and nothing the UK could do to stop it, despite parliament having control of the law.
Overly tight money from the ECB and too low inflation is destroying the young and the rural's career prospects (this will go on until the baby boom retires) and is forcing them to fund boomers' retirements even if they were excluded from good careers for so long.
Even though the UK doesn't use the Euro, it is close enough to be impacted by its mismanagement.
More thoughts here: http://bessiambre.tumblr.com/post/146561613022/the-euro-make...
You can't really answer the question "what are Trump's positions", because he contradicts himself all the time.
Trump has had the most inconsistent campaign I could ever imagine. You name a political position, and he's had it. He's been pro-choice, except he also wants to punish women who have had abortions. He's been pro-gay, except now he's not. He wants to stop getting into wars overseas, except he also says he wants to increase military funding and engagements. He's advocated single-payer healthcare, but he wants to repeal Obamacare and replace it with a "free-market insurance system".
The only thing that he's been pretty clear about the whole time is that he wants to "build a wall". (Though you could even argue he's been inconsistent on his immigration position in other ways).
The sad thing is that brexit wont do a single thing to diminish austerity. On the contrary its the people who voted out who will be affected the most.