Welcome to Our New Waking Nightmare America
I woke up this morning and Trump still won, it wasn’t some bete noir, some nightmarish thing that went away at sunrise — the demon is at our door and in the morning he’ll still be there some more…
So Trump won but pardon me if I just don’t feel Trumptastic. This doesn’t mean he isn’t our president, because I do support democracy and our institutions even with their flaws, so I will be the loyal opposition. That doesn’t mean I”m not going to call out every time he’s an idiot, and judging from the incoherent acceptance speech, those will be frequent occasions. However if he does come up with plans that are reasonable and good, I will support those, so there’s that wingnuts. I won’t automatically oppose it just because it’s coming from the GOP — see how that works?
In coming months I expect the usual things to happen past 1/20 — North Korea will pull some shit so China can see the Trump response. Putin will go poking around in Eastern Europe some more, perhaps just taking the Ukraine or Estonia. Then wingnuts will be able to see if Donny’s just a coating of blustery bravado slapped over a core of paranoid quivering ego, or the tough guy they all think he is.
I imagine there will be puts and takes in international trade from markets and countries that Trump can’t even name, so we’ll see how that goes. Then there’s the cabinet that he will assemble, those court cases going on, how he will manage the Trump business without a clue of what a blind trust is, and finally when those people holding his paper come knocking etc. etc. Don’t worry, we’ll hear about it all from his new press secretary, and who knows — maybe he’ll appoint Alex Jones or Matt Drudge for that.
It’ll all be horrorshow, just flippin’ horrorshow, and if anything important comes up you’ll be able to find me down at the local milk bar for at least a while.