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Well I guess that's democracy in action. We don't get what we want individually. The majority rules. And for the first time in awhile the Republican candidate also won the popular vote. So the majority has spoken. Loudly. It's stupefying. But beyond that it looks like the Republicans might take control of the House and the Senate. The Senate for sure. That is terrifying. I hope the majority of the American who voted for this guy understand just what they have done.

I'm trying to understand why.

It was all about the economy for most people I guess. They sincerely believe Trump will make life better financially for them. I hope that is true because I don't think people can handle it getting much worse. The problem is Trump might make it seem better initially but in the long term it will end up bad for the working and middle class.

I guess people also think Trump will handle the immigration issue. And also deal with Iran. I hope that turns out to be true because there are certainly problems with immigration that needs addressing. And there are problems with Iran and it's terrorist proxies that need to be dealt with. Terrorist ideals are becoming mainstream and permeating Western democracies in general and that is problematic for sure.

The West is beginning to tilt it's head in order to allow terrorism to become acceptable. One interesting example is how Dr. Hassan Diab, a Lebanese terrorist with Canadian citizenship, who was convicted in a French court of being the perpetrator of a terrorist bombing in Paris that killed 4 people and wounded 43 and was sentenced to life in prison is allowed to teach at the University level. Canada refused to extradite him to France to serve his sentence and instead he accepted a teaching position at a University in Canada and will lecture on social justice in action. Talk about recruiting techniques.

Clearly there are serious issues regarding the infiltration of western democracies in all levels of society including university facility, government officials and public office by individuals with terrorist agendas and belief systems. Is Trump the guy to deal with that in the US? I don't know. He does at least recognize the danger of turning a blind eye to this. But he is so unstable and seemingly insane that I fear for the country in general. So much so that terrorist propaganda and infiltration will be the least of our problems. One might hope that the Republican party in general would set up some guardrails and help control Trump to some degree. However, the Republican party is unrecognizable at this point. I mean they were always problematic but now they are just scary caricatures. Gilead here we come.

But I have to trust in the democratic process. I don't understand how many people could vote for Trump. But the people have spoken. I don't like what they have said but I have to accept it. At least we won't see a repeat of Jan 6.

It's really a dark day in American politics.