Nine years ago, I wrote this : Don't worry says Hilary, We have confidence
The circus continues in the world's greatest democracy: the most weird US presidential elections ever and what's missing is this one word : ideals.
Hillary's America (from October 11, available on dvd/ blue-ray
https://www.facebook.com/HillarysAmerica/?pnref=story
Trump and American Populism ( A Foreign Affairs article)
In the US, it looks like the tide is rising against Mr. Trump, with even Republican speaker Paul Ryan saying that he cannot "defend" Mr. Trump as he represents himself in that infamous video. Worse than that, they say that more is to come...
In Sweden, the tide has been constant – even in sexually liberal/ liberated Sweden (and the women have a lot of fire power over here) - they are not too happy with Trump's free speaking off camera – probably don't like being referred to as "pussy" and neither do many of their American sisters, I suppose. The past six months the two main Swedish papers that I am subscribed to Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet (both conservative papers) and their lead editors – Peter Wolodarski in particular have been carrying on a relentless crusade against Mr. Trump (cumulatively now running to hundreds of pages) to the extent that it's no surprise that last week according to one of the Swedish polls, if it were left to the Swedish public to decide who will be the next president of the United States, at most,Trump would get nine percent / 09% of the vote.
However, a world government of the people for the people by the people is still a faraway prospect: on the world stage Trump is being supported by some leaders , notably these unlikely bedfellows Vladimir Putin (Russia) Kim Jong Un (North Korea) Marine Le Pen (France) Robert Mugabe ( Zimbabwe) Viktor Orban (Hungary) Geert Wilders (Holland).
Maybe the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte will join them while ISIS gladly endorse Hillary, since according to wikileaks, Hillary Clinton sold weapons to ISIS
As for me, I have every confidence in the US Constitution and that "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth."
I Am a Cowboy in the Boat of Ra ( Ishmael Reed)
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