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In his inauguration speech in 2017, Donald Trump promised that ‘the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.’

These words resonated with millions of voters across America’s heartland, who have grown increasingly disillusioned and detached from the people running their country in Washington DC.

Four years on, much has been made of Joe Biden’s record-breaking election win - but it’s important to remember that 74 million people still came out to vote for Donald Trump.

That’s 74 million people who are now coming to terms with the fact that the person who championed their vision of America has now been dethroned.

In this programme we head to one of America’s reddest states, Idaho, to hear reflections from local Republicans on Donald Trump’s rise to the White House. What were their hopes for the most unconventional president in living history, what was gained over the past four years – and what has now been lost?

Presenter Heath Druzin is a reporter with Boise State Public Radio who covers conservative politics, guns and far right movements in the American West.

(Photo: US President Donald Trump raises his fist as he reacts to early results from the 2020 US presidential election in the White House> Credit: Carlos Barria/Reuters)