As the saying goes, voters always get the government they deserve.
Maybe it will cull the herd, like alcohol culls the slower moving brain cells and that is why you feel smarter after a few drinks

.... I think that came from the show "Friends" the postman's mate I think, but can't remember his name
It will certainly thin out the heavily populated areas and eventually Trump has to catch it if he lives what he preaches, then things might change big time. As for it destroying the economy, I don't think there was an economy to destroy in the first place, it was all numbers on screens and sheets of paper, not great housing and social conditions for all the US citizens. That is where true wealth is measured, how well are all the population traveling, not just the top few %
The next collection of voters will hopefully be smarter, it does take a flush of the gene pool to make that happen unfortunately