The people got tricked into thinking that a transitioned male competing in a 3rd league of a sport nobody watches is a larger threat to them than giving more power to the rich.
No one thinks that's a "threat", they just rejected the party that's pushing the Big Lie that men can get pregnant. The people didn't get tricked into voting for a party that hates them.
Anybody can get a slice of USA’s GDP growth — just buy S&P500. Too many people instead prefer to spend that money on Uber Eats and new iPhone every year.
Rising wages, lower taxes, or 35 hour work weeks, instead of stagnation and inflation. So they wouldn't turn to a populist outsider.