this is strategic.  he is not saying anything so that nobody can bring it back to him in 4 years. he sees that washington is hard to change.     
but what he would do in the mean time is cut regulation/taxes for corporations and large businesses.  freeing them up to have a free-for-all on the backs of the middle class.  will it make the economy better, probably.  will it increase the quality of life of the regular people, probably not.   
what I am worried about.  a political party itching to go to war.