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What a night. I have to say that watching democracy at work is exhilarating. And nobody does it quite like the Americans.
I cannot imagine voting for Trump (same goes for Clinton actually) and I predicted a different outcome (I also got it wrong with Brexit) but now that "we the people" have spoken, I wish the best of luck to the president-elect Donald Trump in rising to the challenges of the world's no 1 job and hope that he will do great (and prove me wrong again).
Congrats to my friends who supported Trump, I can imagine how justifiably intoxicated you are with this victory. And I hope that the understandable but still very ott hysterics of many Hillary supporters will subside in a couple of days or weeks and they will not double down on calling everyone racists and -phobes (I think that was one of the things that brought you Trump) and the US, awesome as it is, will move on to what it does best, business as usual (and providing entertainment for the rest of us every now and then).

I cannot imagine voting for Trump (same goes for Clinton actually) and I predicted a different outcome (I also got it wrong with Brexit) but now that "we the people" have spoken, I wish the best of luck to the president-elect Donald Trump in rising to the challenges of the world's no 1 job and hope that he will do great (and prove me wrong again).
Congrats to my friends who supported Trump, I can imagine how justifiably intoxicated you are with this victory. And I hope that the understandable but still very ott hysterics of many Hillary supporters will subside in a couple of days or weeks and they will not double down on calling everyone racists and -phobes (I think that was one of the things that brought you Trump) and the US, awesome as it is, will move on to what it does best, business as usual (and providing entertainment for the rest of us every now and then).

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Date: 2016-11-09 09:10 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2016-11-09 11:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-09 09:24 pm (UTC)I think you're right. I just saw this on facebook:
"When all the non-racist, non-misogynist, non-homophobic, non-bigoted, everyday ordinary people get so sick of you calling them racists, misogynists, homophobes, and bigots that they go out and vote against your candidate, do you:
A. Reevaluate your personal conduct and strategy of convincing people to share your politics?
Or
B. Call them racists, misogynists, homophobes, and bigots and yell at them even more?
According to most of my timeline, you chose B. And that's exactly why your candidate lost."
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Date: 2016-11-09 10:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-09 09:35 pm (UTC)But yes.. I truly hope he does better than anticipated for someone who has no political background...
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Date: 2016-11-09 10:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-09 11:19 pm (UTC)I feel really bad when my step dad acts racist, and his daughter.
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Date: 2016-11-09 10:17 pm (UTC)People crashed the Canadian immigration site today.
I think that Trump will be a disaster for America.
Athena
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Date: 2016-11-09 10:27 pm (UTC)I also don't think it will be a disaster for America, it survived W, it will survive Trump.
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Date: 2016-11-09 10:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-09 10:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-09 10:50 pm (UTC)4yrs he's got 4yrs. They survived Nixon too.
I find it funny you know how at the end of his campaign when it looked like Hilary was going to win he kept crying that the election was rigged. Yet here he is President of the USA.
Athena
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Date: 2016-11-09 10:54 pm (UTC)It might be 8 years if the Democrats continue to nominate like they did this year. I hope it won't be Chelsea Clinton this time.
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Date: 2016-11-09 11:02 pm (UTC)God I hope Trump isn't there for 2 terms.
The Dems need to get away from the Clintons.
Athena
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Date: 2016-11-10 12:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-10 01:26 am (UTC)And now there are anti-trump protests in several cities. I'm sitting here watching it on TV news anchors arguing about it. This is on Trump he created this nightmare we're living in. With all his hate speech and bullying in the campaign. It's not over.
Athena
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Date: 2016-11-10 01:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-10 02:31 am (UTC)Hopefully. I doubt it though. People are afraid and he added to that fear with all his threats throughout his campaign.
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Date: 2016-11-10 02:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-10 03:03 am (UTC)I don't know what it'll achieve either. I see no use in protesting now. Trump won the Electoral vote. The people have spoken and they voted Trump. So you know they ought to just suck it up and deal or move to Canada. I don't like that he is president and he'll probably flush America and democracy down the toilet while he's there but it's done and can't be undone for 4 yrs. So I don't know. Unless some crazy decides to assassinate him we're pretty much stuck with the guy.
Athena
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Date: 2016-11-10 03:12 am (UTC)I hope nobody gets assassinated, but even if he was they would be stuck with Pence then anyway.
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Date: 2016-11-10 03:49 am (UTC)Yes they should be working on building a better opposition to Trump in the next election. They should also be working toward uniting the country again. Trump is horrible but if the country unites again they can bitch slap Trump into being the leader they need for the 4yrs.
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Date: 2016-11-09 10:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-11-09 10:58 pm (UTC)Yeah, I don't think it is the end of the world that some people seem to think it is.
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Date: 2016-11-10 12:32 am (UTC)I didn't vote for Trump.
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