With the benefit of hindsight, none of this will look surprising to future generations. An anemic economic recovery, anxieties about immigration, structural changes that made redundant the skill sets of many working-class Americans, and the sense that Washington was run by a self-serving, out-of-touch elite — together this added up to a volatile mix.
To paraphrase the actress Mae West, when Americans were confronted with a choice between what many saw as two evils, they decided to try the evil they have not tried before.
But that choice will have momentous consequences. One hopes that the American constitutional system can withstand four …read more
Source: European Voice