http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...rists_have_won_donald_trump_is_president.html
At least the UK isn't in his crosshairs
And if its any consolation, the history of autocratic leaders is that their first targets are nearly always domestic. Usually the dissenters. American's needn't worry though, remember they've got their precious second ammendment to protect them against an abusive government .... oh but wait .... it won't work.
Still, at least they've reclaimed their crown as the dumbest electorate in the western world.
You know, it has felt uncomfortable at times during the last six months being taunted by American's post June 23rd. They've also been very keen to snear at the the rise of extremism here too, as if they're somehow superior. The only retort we had was 'Trump', but they would fire back with the prediction he wouldn't win the election. Well they've now elected a man who thinks Saudi Arabia should be encouraged to develop nuclear weapons (I mean ... what could go wrong?) a man who thinks climate change is a Chinese conspiracy even if the phrase (alongside global warming) was first put forward in 1975 by American scientists. A man who thinks the Montrael protocols are flawed because his hairpsray isn't as good as it used to be. They've elected someone who thinks all he needs to do is refuse to pay American debt to solve their budget crisis and nothing will happen to their financial system, and a man who seriously introduced penis size as an electoral issue. They really have set a new low bar that even the likes of Berlusconi or Idi Amin would struggle to match
Sure he'll start a trade war pretty quickly when he slaps 45% on Chinese goods. Europe might actually benefit from this as the costs of American goods go through the roof and become uncompetitive. We should be grateful to him for opening a few new export markets. I am concerned long term however about what comes after it, and how dark America might go. Dystopians have long speculated that America would naturally gravitate towards fascism, and that democracy was a transitory golden age on this journey. Having said that, it needs to be remembered that every generation have had their doomsday cults predicting these types of things for as long as recorded history. They're very rarely ever right
The only thing I'd suggest at this stage is that America is a morally diminished country. And that the initial 'victims' of Trumpism are more likely to be Americans than they are anywhere else. After that the second tranche of victims will be muslims in the middle east
The sympathy I do have with them was that they faced a terribly lousy choice. Hillary Clinton was pretty dreadful too
..would really love that one
