BBC TV had a professor of American Studies on this morning. He thought Trump was running the Presidency like a business and was using "The Apprentice" TV show as a model. "You're fired", seems to be the catch phrase for those around him with whom he falls out. This professor thought Trump would be out by June next year.
A lot in the USA did vote him in. Personally, this is more worrying. Did so many really think he would "make America great again"? As a clear outsider, I fail to see how the good ordinary citizen of the USA could be well represented by this man. Clinton was also far from perfect in many eyes.
As I said yesterday, we reap what we sow. Elections and referenda have serious consequences and it pays to think of the future, whether with US presidencies or EU "leave"/"remain" votes.
Sadly it appears many in the UK and USA believe the clocks can just be turned back to "the good old days". They cannot: we live in a very connected, multi-cultural world and we have to adjust, not be ostriches pretending otherwise. The USA is a trading nation and depends on the rest of the world. Isolationism is history - wake up!
Interesting, says someone from a country that is just isolating itself from the EU? Hahaha ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, let's face it. The Donald got elected because not enough people wanted Hillary. What he is doing now is exactly what people elected him for. If Obama would not have made such insanely weak politics and if the Dems had a better candidate, no one would have chosen Trump.
I badly miss the days of Maggie Thatcher. That was a very bright person. What the UK is built on today, every bit, they have to thank her for.
Not all of us voted to leave the EU. It remains to be seen how we do outside of the EU. Trump is sadly seen as a bad joke by many in the world.
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