Not being a Trump supporter, I am starting to reassess how I view Trump. I think he will have a hard time governing the country over the next 4 years and he will face a relentless challenge from the left led by people from moveon.org, Black Lives Matter, etc. He controls the Executive, Republicans dominate the Congress and they will soon control the Supreme Court. This bothers me because checks and balances may not be an effective check on his power. But I don’t think Trump and his supporters really believe that he was serious about all of the issues he said he will. He will have to compromise on some issues.
Having said this, here are some things to consider (I might be wrong about some of them):
- White Backlash: We are immigrants to this country and I always felt that this is white people country. We are guests here. I believe whites were fed up with seeing their privileges and opportunities dwindling. This election was a white backlash.
- America needs to pull back from the Left: America has moved too far to the left. There needs to be some balance on the continuum. Hillary Clinton made speeches in which she pleaded with whites to understand the plight of blacks and other minorities. She took the concerns of whites, particularly of the poor whites in the Midwest, for granted.
- Electoral College: The electoral college is a core principle of the Constitution. It will not be changed, despite those people who are calling for a popular vote system based on one man one vote.
4.Misguided Protests: The protesters are misguided. Trump was given a mandate to govern. They need to get with it and get over it. They need to focus on ways to influence the system and help the democrats reorganize and prepare for 2020. The type of violence we are seeing is the kind of violence reminiscent to the dark days in Guyana when the PNC refused to accept a PPP win, when Afros beat up on Indos. Check out this video.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y87GJDSJXQs
This is nothing but bullyism. It goes to show you that its not only the Trump people who are engaged in bigotry. This only reinforces the divide on both sides.