If he’s more honest about the financial situation of the country than other Republicans and Democrats and keeps appealing to common sense, his influence will increase.
Sometimes, people don’t like it when they are being told the truth. God will hold ‘nations’ to task, just like he does corporations or states or families. Nothing is ever free, someone will pay somewhere down the line. It’s hard to fool the gold standard, 20 pieces of gold would buy a house in 1830, in 1930 and in 2010. It doesn’t change.