Well, I for one didn't see that Trump victory coming. To be honest I felt sorry for the U.S. citizens having to choose between the two candidates on offer -ok, I know there were independent candidates but in the US they don't have a chance. As someone said on Twitter 'in 8 years we've gone from hope, to a president that was endorsed by the KKK'.
It seems to me that we are witnessing a worldwide distrust of politics, (that we then go on to give our trust to corrupt business leaders is another question) the political establishment has lost all of it's credibility. The sentiment of the people that voted Trump is in some ways also that of people who supported Bernie Sanders, or in the UK Jeremy Corbyn and even the Brexit voters. It seems a contradiction but it's really not. A lot of people are feeling disenfranchised by the political elite and turn to other alternatives, I guess a lot of Trump voters saw their vote being a vote against 'politics as usual'.
It is an understandable sentiment but is also dangerous.
In most countries politicians are the slaves to big business , so it is ironic that in the U.S. a representative of 'wild capitalism' has been elected president when it's big business that got us in this universal economic mess in the first place.
We have to wait and see if Trumps bite is as bad as his bark, but it's not looking good for progressive forces in the U.S. But there again, I ask myself what progress the world would have made with Hillary Clinton as president? We will never know. One thing is certain, with this rise of populism world wide, a lot of European leaders will be dreading the following elections in their own countries -starting in France and Germany. Exciting times, and to be honest (and speaking as a comedian)……the future is bright with Trump although the 'brightness' might be caused by global warming.
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