Am I really surprised at the results of the US election? Sadly, not really.
As much as I love my US friends, let's face it - I'll generalize so apologies to those Americans who know better (which is all of my FB friends!) - USA is a country where even highly educated people think that Europe consists of Germany, Russia and Prince William. It's a country where average citizens often have no clue there is a country to the North of their border...and if they know, lots of them ...believe the people "up North" all live in igloos. Some have no clue where do Mexican illegal immigrants come from.
It's a country where most people still believe in the "American dream", which is un-achievable to most no matter how hard they work.
And....Trump promised them exactly that - the American dream. He did not say what does it mean or how would this be done, but may be that was the point? To promise something that means so many different things to so many different people? ...and eventually backtrack his words, as usual, to "I've never said that"...?
Who knows. All we know is that the world as we know it ended, and all we can hope for is that he will turn out to be more polished and more reasonable than the crazy loose cannonball he has been throughout the whole election process.
The entire world expects the worst from him...may be he'll surprise us in a good way? We can only hope....
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