It's Official...

....the USA has officially chosen Donald J Trump as the 45th President. I don't know about you....but this is as close to the Twilight Zone as i've ever been. Despite all of his unethical business practices, poor articulation, obvious ignorance, prejudices and pussy grabbing, a substantial number (although not the majority) of Americans gave the nod to him over the well-hated Hillary.

I'm now being told by my Conservative friends and acquaintances to  "give him a chance" and that he will "go down in history". Well, on the first item i'd say "no". If they could trash a decent, intelligent President because he was obviously Liberal and (holy jesus!) black, i suppose i can hold Trump's feet to the fire for being a lying, cheating, mostly illiterate racist and misogynist. It seems fair to me.
On the second, i'd have to agree; I remember some of the same people assuring me that George W Bush was going to "go down in history" as the greatest President ever. Turns out they were half right. He went down all right....and he'll certainly be remembered for it. But the only "great" he was, was as a liar and a loser. So, i'm now supposed to trust the judgement of these people who got it so tragically wrong in Y2K?

Here's my prediction (for what it's worth). Despite giving corporations and the wealthy more tax deals and "incentives" (actually ransom), good paying jobs with benefits will continue to diminish. Public schools will lose funding. There will be more privatization of prisons, schools, and health insurance. Health insurance costs will absolutely spike. College educations will become more expensive. COLA for Social Security will diminish (or disappear) and Medicare/Medicaid will lose funding and they'll try to go for a voucher or "health savings" system. We'll become butt buddies with Russia in the Middle East....again subverting democracy there. Look for more "boots on the ground" leading to more deaths and injuries in our armed forces, who will then be totally ignored when they return. The great "law enforcement President" will give the impression that the police are infallible, leading to more abuse, beating, arresting and shooting of minorities. More social unrest will ensue. Lots more shootings, accidental and otherwise, as the gun monkies get more and bigger death toys.

On the bright side; No wall will be built, millions will not be deported and Hillary will not go to jail for being snarky. So Conservatives will still have to cry in their beer over those.....Maybe they can find some random Democrat to blame.

I'm totally looking forward to being proved wrong over the next 4 years.....I'd hoped i was wrong about Bush. It didn't take him but a few months into his administration to prove me right.
.....and some are still in denial that he sold us out for the promise of some oil and profits for the Military-industrial Complex. But hey, that's history.

So to Conservatives i'd say; Hell no! If this guy screws the pooch, i'll be right there calling him on it. No chances. If he happens to do something right (as in something ACTUALLY right. Not just in line with Rightwingnutism) then you can let me know.

Let the games begin!