Quote Originally Posted by surge View Post
Trump may or may not be a good president, his victory speech is the most calm and respectable he's looked. In the very least he has a far easier ride to surprising people in a positive fashion than he does in a negative way.

However, Trump's campaign was negative, misinforming, lacking in policy (the policy there was was scary - deny climate change and repeal Obamacare) and often reduced his "movement" to three or four word slogans which didn't really mean anything.

The best thing Hilary did was release a video which showed all the clips of Trump's racist, homophobic, sexist, ignorant and crass comments with the tagline "our children are watching". Sadly, it's not just American children watching but also hundred's of other political minds who see that you can run such a campaign and still be rewarded with victory. We already have "dead cat" Crosby with a Queen's honour and now Trump with the biggest job in the Western world.

It's not just the next four years which could be very scary (again, he may surprise us all) but the countless campaigns further down the road which will borrow from Crosby and Trump and be rewarded is a terrifying prospect.
I don't get all the post-election hysteria. Lots of people seem to think Trump will now be some kind of out-of-control dictator loon. Old orange face still has to work within the framework of government of which he has no experience and not many allies. I doubt he’ll do very much beyond discretely lining his own pockets. Apologies if WW3 breaks out within the next few weeks but I don't foresee a Trump-inspired global meltdown any time soon.