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.