The news of
the victory of Donald Trump in the just concluded
presidential elections of the United States of America has left many
political pundits and US election observers astounded in its wake. It was seen by
many as ‘a US cloned BREXIT’ which in
a sense fulfilled one of the several humorous remarks of Donald Trump in that he would pull off
"Brexit times 10".
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| Donald Trump cast in shadows Source: bbcnews.com |
A political neophyte whose presidential ambition was seen as sinisterly from his usual trademark slurry remarks on issues of all sorts ranging from spats of banning Muslim immigration into the USA, to calling Mexicans “rapists", "murderers" and "criminals", and pledging as an electoral promise to build a wall along the US-Mexico border—a project of which he says would be funded by the Mexicans; his chances were written off even before the conclusion of his party’s primaries. Yet after a surprise emergence at the end of the Republican primaries, Trump’s presidential hopes were shoved aside as he faced a formidable and more political experienced Democratic Party Candidate in Hillary Clinton.
As the Presidential
campaigns of both candidates trudged on, it was unusually besmirched by character mudslinging instigated by
Donald Trump, instead of the usual policy debate US Presidential electioneering
campaigns were noted for. In one of such instances, Trump once said Hillary
Clinton ‘deserves an award’ for co-founding
ISIS (The Islamic State). He also once remarked that Hillary
has to be jailed for the scandals bothering upon her use of personal
servers during her tenure as Secretary of States.
“In fact, in many respects, you know they honour
President Obama, Isis is honouring President Obama. He is the founder of Isis.
He is the founder of Isis. He’s the founder. He founded Isis.
“And I would say the co-founder would be crooked
Hillary Clinton. Co-founder. Crooked Hillary Clinton.”
"This is
the most heinous, the most serious thing that I've ever seen involving justice
in the United States — in the history of the United States."
"We have
a person that has committed crimes that is now running for the
presidency.".....Donald Trump
For all his swirling wise cracks and politically
incorrect statements, Donald Trump was seen by many as a ‘happenstance joker’
whose humour would be silenced forever at the polls. Yet his followership was
astounding as though politically incorrect by candour and statements, he was
seen as ‘saying the truth’ or speaking his mind unlike professional politician Hillary
who was seen in some circles as a liar by her seeming politically correct
statements.
Never minding that some of his party men including ex-US presidents disowning
him, on this
presumptive feel did Trump’s campaign machination soar whilst the politically
correct media postulated his waterloo in a Napoleonic happenstance at the
November 8 Polls.
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| Donald Trump Source: bbcnews.com |
Donald Trump emerged
president elect of the USA to the chagrin of the politically correct camp and
Democratic party supporters no thanks to his garnering of sufficient electoral
college votes though losing the popular votes narrowly to Hillary Clinton.
And while the camp of
the political correct world and Democratic Party moans, Donald Trump and an unlikely
admirer in Russian President Vladimir Putin, triumph in ecstasy. The world
fears the creation of a new world order shattering the current sharp and strong
bipolar divide fronted by the USA and Russia at both nodes which Trump is
thought be set to unorchestrate. Yet
for all Trump’s aggrandized speech to ‘Make America Great Again’, there
will be lots of bureaucratic institutional policy bottle necks typical of the
US democratic system that would hamper Trump’s electoral manifesto when he
assumes presidential office.
A definitive point of
note for Trump’s presidency will be the trend of the cornerstone of his foreign
policy. While his cosiness with Vladmir Putin seems to unnerve the acrimonious
bipolar trend between the West and Russia through the length of Obama’s
presidency, he has to cautiously watch his remarks about the NATO alliance,
issues bothering on Nuclear and defence deals with Iran, Japan and South Korea;
and trade deals between China and the US, not forgetting his
rhetoric on immigration.
In all, the Trump
presidency will be eventful to watch not forgetting that his excesses could be
chequered as soon as in two years’ time after the US mid term Congressional elections. In
a case where the Republican party lose majority in both houses of Congress, who
says impeachment cannot be a weapon?
Of a surety a new order
is in the waiting to be defined by the Trump presidency. Such a one which not
even Trump’s current 75
active lawsuits will impede. Whether in or out of court or in the White
House, Trump must govern and greet the waiting world with what he has to offer!
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