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[deelaundry]

I am not looking forward to the next four years. A demagogue in the Oval and a Republican-controlled Congress in the next two years means no immediate path to get him out.

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[fry-addict.livejournal.com]

I'm usually a pretty optimistic person, but I don't see how this can end well, either in domestic policy, and (as a European) in international politics. I don't think a German chancellor has ever put a kind of admonition into a speech congratulating a newly elected US-president, but Merkel bascially said she offered Trump collaboration, on a base of common values like democracy, freedom, and rights for people no matter of their background, skin colour, religion, gender or sexual orientation. If the leader of the party that still opposes marriage equality in Germany feels the need to point that out... oh dear... honestly, I'm a bit scared for all of us.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I am taking heart that half the country voted for Hillary (she actually seems to have won the popular vote), and maybe that half can keep ourselves going and growing until the next election.

[fry-addict.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's the best thing about this right now, that Clinton seems to have had a (small) majority. I hope those who are standing against the hate and bigotry will be able to gather their strength and get the USA through this.