Friday 11 November 2016

What becomes of the Big Apple and the great American dream.

It's Donald and the nation scratches its head.

Oh dear. It hardly seems possible. Or maybe it's the dream ticket. Who knows? None of us can predict the future but the only certainty is that Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States of America. At the moment the country is either traumatised, relieved or just plain overjoyed. There can be no way of gauging the prevailing mood of one of the most powerful nations on earth. The rest of the world can only look on with stunned amazement.

When the votes were counted across Florida, Ohio, California, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Texas, Detroit and most influentially Washington, it became abundantly clear that America were sick to the back teeth of the Establishment and just wanted clear blue water from the struggles and injustices  they must have felt were strangling the country by the throat.

For a good number of years, they've seen their country run by the man who seemed to have the country's best interests at heart but only succeeded in falling very short when it mattered. Barak Obama was, by turns, criticised, attacked verbally, but rarely insulted. The fact was that Obama didn't quite meet up with the almost irrational expectations set by his people. True he did look good and the intentions were worthy but when he looks back at his time in office at the White House, he may think he could have gone that extra mile.

So now it's time for the Donald Trump era. The outrageous statements, the almost shameful admissions about his relationships and women in general, must have aroused so many concerns and suspicions that come January and his inauguration ceremony as President some of us may wonder what exactly is up his sleeve.

His complete lack of any political experience has been well documented and only time will tell whether Trump can produce any of the relevant cards at the right time and place. Here across the Atlantic in Blighty politicians and pundits have had their say but the jury will firmly remain out on a man whose huge vanity project has almost overshadowed events around the world.

There's the blond thatch of hair that looks like a direct descendant of Boris Johnson, a family that looks united but rarely comfortable in the limelight and a loyal set of advisers who may have their loyalties severely tested if things go wrong. Then there's the alarming body language; the extravagant body gestures, a suit that looks desperate to escape from Trump on more than one occasion and the 10 year old son who stood next to his father in a state of complete bewilderment and confusion.

Now America look to one of the richest men in the world to lead his country to its highest peak of economic prosperity since - well, since possibly records were first kept. It is hard to know what anybody thinks will happen next. It is hard for instance to imagine what George Washington would have made of the current American generation. But then who knew Bobby would come back to life in a shower in Dallas. America we salute you.

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