... another pretentious strongman ...
They seem to be fed up with being moral and good, politically correct, multicultural and tolerant, sick of being constantly shown their faults by a morally superior black president. That was asking too much. So they opened their ears to racist, sexist and hateful talk, shut off their brains, and let emotions and atavistic instincts overrule their thinking. They chose a several times bankrupt conman, a perceived strongman, who in large fake gold lettering promises cloud-cuckoo-land. They have acted like long starved reigned-back health foodies who desired a big fatty burger with double extra cheese and lots of artificial colour, aroma and what not. And gave in. We can only hope it won't give them and the rest of the world indigestion for a long time.
So far, he has not shown any interest in politics and no desire to shape the country for a better world except to amass his own personal fortunes. Christian - or humanistic - values are not high up on his list of virtues. But we have to give him the benefit of doubt. There is nothing to go on, no facts to judge how he will react in a crisis - we can only hope that he has been a good actor, that his campaigning was a long, successful act and that he will continue to keep out of politics. And that the US democratic (and republican!) institutions and processes will have enough checks and balances installed and that he will have competent people around - possibly a good vice president - to steer the country through the next few years and crises that are sure to come. But that may be very naive ...
And that he sticks to what he can (possibly) still do well :
.....enjoy his ladies. ... Sorry, hippo!
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