Trump is closing in on Hillary in the polls and an increasing number of pundits are warning he could in fact win in November. Who are these Americans who think a guy like Trump should be their president, the "leader of the free world" (whatever that is today)?
In a way it feels like we've just been warned of an approaching asteroid but no one is sure if it's going to hit us or just give us a damn good scare. We won't know until election night whether the world as we knew it has ended or it was just a near miss.
Either way, when the sun rises on November 9, America will be a different place. Even a win for Hillary won't be a reset to America as it was.
America has undergone pretty seismic changes since the Reagan era and the rise of neoliberalism, oligarchy and corporatism vanquishing the middle class and undermining their democracy. The Hillary/Trump squabble is just another chapter in this decline which has shown itself a true work in progress.
When the dust settles, Trump's "deplorables" may have cemented their control of the Republican Party. Even if they don't there'll still be some sort of civil war as the Republican establishment struggles hard to reclaim their party.
And what of us? How will outsiders see America the morning after?
The appearance of stability is long gone. It's no longer reliable, trustworthy.
Speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation dinner over the weekend, Obama said it would be “a personal insult, an insult to my legacy” if African Americans don’t turn out to vote for Hillary Clinton in November.
But President Obama has another potential ‘insult’ to his legacy that will mar everything else he was done.
I just can’t believe how hard he is pushing the TPP and don’t understand why he is doing so.
If he is successful in getting it passed that will be another asteroid America wishes had missed it.
Hilary and Kaine have both flip flopped on their support for TPP so they can't be trusted. Trump says NO, but, ah, well who knows if he's an honest person. Would he really revoke such an agreement?
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