The Donald. Who would have thought. Well, the alt-right did, apparently, which makes them the next Nate Silver, I guess. Good luck with that. The next few days and weeks will be fun as the entire media and political bubble simultaneously tries to come to terms with a Trump presidency and their own misjudgements and miscalculations.
The First Couple-elect (source)
For what it’s worth, pengovsky did maintain that in politics a week is a long time and that the race will be close but yes, I did expect Clinton to ultimately prevail. So maybe it’s best that initial analyses are left to others. Football bloggers seem like a good option.
Having said that, there are a few upsides to the entire connundrum
- The US presidents are term-limited. Unlike, say, Russia
- There will be no Cruz 2020. Probably.
- You no longer have to release your taxes in order to run for high office
- Ditto for meaningful medical records…
- … and the need to have an actual platform (OK, that’s not really news)
- The Donald once again has control of his Twitter account. Those 3 AM meltdowns should be quite spectacular.
- Melania gets to give more speeches.
- We get to blame the Millennials for a while, again.
- Trolls and online bullies will now resume their regular programming.
Other than that, we’re pretty much screwed. But hey, you work with what you have, right?
We all get to make jokes till the end of the world … (Pižama tweet, actually)
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