Well basically this is the end of the USA as the world superpower, so on the good side no more us having to pay to be world police force, on the bad side no more world police force. Russia wants to take that spot, certainly china wants as much of the pacific it can get too, etc. and the USA will just sit back and watch Trump's version of
the Running man (New Celebrity Apprentice hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger... wish I was not kiddying, we live in a joke!), In short I think the USA will just wither away as we curl up into are own ever expending fat asses and implode, and China and Russia will be where it is all at.
Basically this is the end of the world order which fomented more than a half century of peace. The end of Pax Americana is indeed scary, and it should be.
The prevailing belief in some circles, mostly Republican circles, is that Trump said and did all those kooky things he said and did in order to gain the votes of the less well informed, i.e. the ignorant. It was good ole demagoguery on a scale we have not seen in the US for at least a century. Candidates normally lie, but Trump took it to an unprecedented level. He had no shame. Now that he has their votes some folk think we will now see a more reasoned and intelligent Trump emerge. I have yet to see that Trump. I doubt he exists. But we can always hope. I can always hope.
I'm very concerned about Trump. A lot of people are giving him a pass. I don't know where this is going. But if Trump's past behaviors are any indication, it isn't a good place. Markets are anticipating the end of Republican deadlock and a trillion dollar stimulus package followed by a tax cut for the wealthy which will at about 12 million dollars to the deficit. For some perspective, that's several fold larger than the stimulus enacted by Democrats when the country was in the jaws of the Great Recession and on the brink of economic collapse. What happened to the party of fiscal austerity and all that nonsense about needing to cause a debt default? Republicans seem to have forgotten all they claimed to have stood for, for the last 8 years.
If Trump precipitates a trade war with China as seems inevitable, he will need all the fiscal stimulus he can get. It will put Americans out of work and make imported products more expensive. And then there is the Russia affair. Trump is so entwined with Russia I don't see how that works out well. His closest advisers are entwined with Russia, e.g. his campaign manger, his security adviser, and now his Secretary of State. Trump's friendly relationship with Russia could well jeopardize national security and destabilize Europe. And then there is the matter of Trump's personality. He sees everything through the eyes of a narcissist. Narcissists have left a lot of blood in their wakes, e.g. Hitler, Napoleon,Qaddafi, Pol Pot, Stalin. And then there is the matter of civil liberties. Trump doesn't like them. He is very authoritarian. He doesn't like the free press, and the guy openly endorses the use of torture. That should be scary to everyone. But it's just fine with those guys with the guns and see gov'met conspiracies under every rug. It's odd. It's irrational. But it's where we are.
We really need to change the way we elect our president. Hell we need to reform the entire election process. It isn't working. We need to become more democratic. The undemocratic aspects of our government are killing us and destroying our country. If the Electoral College cannot prevent someone like Trump from attaining office, what good is it. Where it not for the Electoral College Trump wouldn't be the president-elect. The funny thing about the Electoral College is Trump was against it before he was for it.
