Donald Trump. President. Hold on World.

Trump, like Brexit, doesn't surprise me but greatly disappoints me. Unlike Brexit though, I think I can understand how and why it happened. Politcal politics is dead. Now, with more adults being able to vote, we need more basic education for all and less jargon. It's been shown that Trump scored highest amongst all white demographics except for with women with degrees. People who are actually invested in understanding politics, who study it and get their information from broadsheets not tabloids and conversation from like-minded others are not the majority of voters any more and that's why Trump won. Trump appealed to the lingering pandora's box of issues America still has, just like Brexit did in the UK. He built his bucket list ambition on the fragility of the American conscience, and the even more disgusting Mike Pence justified it.

 

I feel so much pity right now, for Hillary who has done nothing but work hard for this, only to be 'Trumped' by a racist rapist; for the Americans that voted against him and had the hope from the exit polls quashed by ignorance; for every person who has ever suffered at his hands and will suffer because of his administration; and for my generation that has to say that Hitler wasn't the only one or one of few, and that their parents didn't learn as they voted in his political kin.

This must be rock bottom, with the only way being up, but we'll only get there with more open conversation, less aggressive judgement of views and balanced education on a broad scale. The quiet, insecure majority elected Trump and voted Leave, so lets listen to them and educate them so we don't see another 'leader' with Trump's ideals. There are always going to opposing political views, the freedom is something that makes countries like the UK and USA great, it's a sign of humanity that we can deal with that. However, this isn't about a mere difference of opinion, this is about inhumane ideals being promoted on the largest stage in the world. Trump wants a wall against Mexico, Pence wants therapy for homosexuals, in 2016!! Absolutely none of it is ok, but people will bury their heads and ignore those horrors for the feeling that they've 'finally been heard' on one issue or another. That's what happened here, and that's why we need to listen and converse with absolutely everyone. Understanding, peace, and education are the way forward, not hatred. Trump may have won the election, but the hate his ideals represent doesn't need to be at the forefront of our societies.

It's comforting I think that Michelle and Barack Obama have both said she wouldn't run for POTUS because she couldn't handle the red tape and she believes she can do more from outside the White House, this is her perfect opportunity surely? I'm with her. I'm with everyone who's willing to do what they can to ensure that the world as a whole can still move forward as positively as possible.

Election Day 2016

I fricking LOVE voting. It's one of the best responsibilities a human can be given, and I wish every adult on the planet had it. People have died, and still do die, for the right to do it. Every vote not used, in my opinion, is disrespectful to those who have suffered through intense and violent campaigns for the vote. However, that doesn't mean I think voting is an easy process, and deciding who/what to vote for is definitely a massively difficult decision for a person to make that needs to be well-considered.

In June 2016, as a Brit, I voted against Brexit, and that was an incredibly tempestuous election that we're still muddling through the ramifications of now. The most recent development is that the High Court has ruled that the whole of Parliament, not just the government (ie the Prime Minister and the cabinet), must vote on Brexit before the Prime Minister engages Article 50. Chances are, Remain will win the Parliament vote again, as it did during the countrywide referendum. To make things even more promising (for remain supporters) and ironic, the government can pass the case on to the Supreme Court, but if they rule the same as the High Court, the government's only other option to avoid a parliamentary vote is to take the case to the European Court. Lol. God has a sense of humour, and hopefully Brexit is thoroughly stalled. We shall see...

While Britain, is quite clearly rather all over the place at the moment, there is a silver lining in that a decision needs to be made a.s.a.p. and a plan set out. Once that is done, the plan could be horrific, but at least we'll know very soon, and we can start throwing pins at a globe to decide where to emigrate to. I'm really not kidding. America however, does not quite have that 'luxury'. Whatever they decide tonight is going to affect their country for the next four years, but most probably far longer than that.

If Donald Trump is elected then there'll be four years of racism, misogyny, idiocy, hypocrisy and elitism at the very least.

Not at all appealing right? Well apparently he is to some people. I said it about those who voted to leave the EU, and I'll say it now about Trump voters; I don't understand how they've reached that decision, I can't. As I get older and make a concerted effort to become a mature adult/all round kind person, I really do my best to at least understand where someone I disagree with is coming from, but in this instance I simply cannot. This isn't even a case of voting for him out of loyalty to the Republican party as the likes of former-President George W. Bush have come out against Trump. His own daughter Ivanka, has quietened her support in case it affects her company. This man, is not the one you want America.

So therefore, is Hillary the woman you want? Is she going to be such a good President, not just 'better than Trump'? Will any negative ramifications from her administration end far more quickly than those that will inevitably come after Trump's? There are ramifications from her time in other roles still being felt. I personally am a Hillary fan and have been for many years, but I feel like in this election someone will shout at you for being a fan of anyone.

To me, having grown up wanting female leaders to look up to and only having the likes of Margaret Thatcher on offer at home, Hillary Clinton has been an option, the preferred choice. I admire her unwillingness to give up on her ambition, despite knock-backs (I do think Obama should have beaten her, and Bernie but America's too right wing for him), including not being a 'natural politician', something she's admitted to herself. I think not being a natural politician has been her greatest downfall, because it's meant that she doesn't know how badly certain things such as the server she puts her emails on, and the quickness she changes her stance on topics can affect the public perception of her. However, as much as I think a passionate person with strong morals is necessary for a leadership role, I don't think someone who will change there stance depending on the majority's opinion is that bad in a country as diverse as America. I think as well that all of her work for women's rights proves that she's can adapt to the majority without forgetting the marginalised. I'm not going to talk about her husband and the cheating scandal because it is literally not mine or anybody else's business. Her work hasn't been affected by it, so your opinion of her as a professional should not be.

I'm not saying Hillary is the perfect Presidential candidate, she isn't, but I do think she should the preferred choice over Trump, and not just because he's so horrendously terrible. Ultimately, I don't envy the choice Americans have had to make, but I really do hope that they made one.

The whole world's watching America, and it's scared. Please do the right thing. The times they are a-changing, and that can be exciting and positive, and I hope to goodness it is this time. It's not about making America 'great again', it's about embracing its status as the UNITED STATES of America, a country that is a part of the UNITED Nations, a part of the world.