Posted on 11/09/2016 4:32:00 AM PST by monkapotamus
Donald John Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday in a stunning culmination of an explosive, populist and polarizing campaign that took relentless aim at the institutions and long-held ideals of American democracy.
The surprise outcome, defying late polls that showed Hillary Clinton with a modest but persistent edge, threatened convulsions throughout the country and the world, where skeptics had watched with alarm as Mr. Trump’s unvarnished overtures to disillusioned voters took hold.
The triumph for Mr. Trump, 70, a real estate developer-turned-reality television star with no government experience, was a powerful rejection of the establishment forces that had assembled against him, from the world of business to government, and the consensus they had forged on everything from trade to immigration.
The results amounted to a repudiation, not only of Mrs. Clinton, but of President Obama, whose legacy is suddenly imperiled. And it was a decisive demonstration of power by a largely overlooked coalition of mostly blue-collar white and working-class voters who felt that the promise of the United States had slipped their grasp amid decades of globalization and multiculturalism.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
President Donald J. Trump — proof of the power of prayer!
Humiliated Obama should just step down now so President Trump can step in and start cleaning up his mess.
“proof of the power of prayer!”
Amen to that. The wife and I have said our share for sure.
From the article:
> repudiation of ... long-held ideals of American democracy
You mean ideals like compelling people by threat of force to honor, celebrate, participate, and pay for things their consciences find morally repugnant?
You mean ideals like surrendering their right to weapons of military utility as plainly guaranteed by the Second Amendment?
Ridiculous.
All is NOT forgiven!
That map is a real statements of the effects of Obamiasm on the the U.S. and once again it was proved that Socialism NEVER works...
BULLSTALIN
A long-held ideal of American democracy is that NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. Voting for Hillary Clinton would've been like voting Pat (and Richard) Nixon into the White House in 1992.
Alaska still too close to call in that graphic?
“a decisive demonstration of power by a largely overlooked coalition of mostly blue-collar white and working-class voters who felt that the promise of the United States had slipped their grasp amid decades of globalization and multiculturalism”
Wow, a moment of clarity from the nyt. Still took two of them to write this..........must be a union shop.
A spiritiual worldwide nuke was released by the power of prayer last night. Only by the hand of God were the American people given a glimmer of real hope. Now we have to see what kind of foolishness is to follow from the pharaoh.
WOW Travis County TX went Red. Maybe there is hope for Austin yet...naw I guess not.
It took a lot to beat that devil soros...
Barack H. Obama used his power of the "office of the president elect" to demand that Bush push through emergency bailout spending that he later decried as "Bush running up the national debt".
Soros’ puppet won the D.A. race in Houston. Don’t know how many other down ballot races Soros bought.
Amazing that the New York Times could publish the unvarnished truth.
You can clearly see how the La Razans and Muslims voted for Hillary on that map and where they have accumulated. Now we know where all Obama had them transported when he shipped them over the border.
“Humiliated Obama should just step down...”
Lovely words, along with the wonderful sounds of rats scurrying for cover.
IMHO
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