When push got here to shove, a marketing campaign that prominently featured racism, misogyny and unabashed disregard for the reality was not sufficient to disqualify Donald Trump within the eyes of American voters, who returned him to the White Home for an additional 4 years in yesterday’s U.S. presidential election. The implications for the U.S. and the world are as alarming as they’re fatiguing.
Maybe the best promoting level for Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy was that, had she received, we might have been in a position to put Trump, as a determine and the avatar of a political motion, behind us. That will not have undone the harm he has already achieved to American democracy, nor wouldn’t it have re-bottled the harmful daemons he has helped uncork over his eight-year political profession. However it could have allowed us to decrease our guard only a bit, to show our focus away from a defensive vigilance and towards a extra proactive engagement with the challenges of the day, each within the U.S. and world wide.
As a substitute, we at the moment are confronted with the daunting prospect of getting to navigate not solely the chaos and provocation Trump creates and thrives on, but additionally the implications of each.
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