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You are hopeful for the next generation Alastair? Well so am I, but not because of Trump or Brexit.
You would likely be more versed on Brexit than I but I can tell you everything you need to know about Donald Trump,
For starters, you (I assume you’re a thirty-something, or at least close to it) and I have heard all of our lives the negative jibes about politicians.
The common theme is that they look for your vote while making all sorts of promises to the potential voter. Then, when they get into office, they forget all about the promises made on the campaign trail. That holds true for America, Britain, and, knowing human nature, the rest of the world I feel.
So along comes a man (Donald Trump) who is not a politician (and thank God for that) who had three battles to win to get elected. Firstly he had to defeat Hillary Clinton, a bout which made David and Goliath look like a fair fight. Then he had to defeat his own party, the majority of whom were hoping and praying that he did not become their candidate, let alone the President himself. And guess how much his own party gave him to campaign? The princely total of zero dollars – they were right behind him wouldn’t you say? And thirdly he had to defeat the media who, 25 hours a day, bashed him and laughed at him.
However, Mr Trump developed a relationship with the American people and that stood him in good stead on his way to the most remarkable victory in the history of American politics. He also has kept those promises he made the people for the most part, still waiting on the wall but that is not his fault. What a novel concept – an elected official who actually keeps his promises.
The bottom line with Donald Trump is he has exposed the dyed in the wool corruption in Washington which has been syphoning off tax payers money for more than half a century. He has exposed without doubt the most corrupt regime the United States has ever seen (the Obama presidency) and the latest news coming from Washington shows just how deep it was and is, and the lengths those people were prepared to go to to hold onto power, and to deceive the American people in the process.
Across the water, you have no Donald Trump. Theresa May is your garden variety politician who cares very little for the people she has been elected to lead. If she did care, she would listen to their voices and protect them from naked globalism and from embedded terrorists.
The days of politicians paying lip service to their electorate I believe are coming to an end – Donald Trump is the flag bearer for the new generation of leaders. If the next generation hold their politicians accountable like they should, then they have nothing to fear from the likes of Donald Trump.