Trump at the White House: "Don't worry, American democracy is solid. But it's the Americans who can't take it anymore..."

WHAT CHANGES WITH TRUMP AS PRESIDENT –

I continue to think, after Donald Trump's victory and the river of dismay that is pouring into public opinion around the world, that the democracy In America, it is a serious and solid thing. Made first of all of checks and balances and of a real influence of the voters-citizens on political choices.. So: I can't help but be frightened by this result which, regardless of opinions about individuals and candidates, signals, first and foremost, a popular, mass anxiety for change, another normal thing in a functioning democracy.

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WHY TRUMP WON –

Rather, I believe that now, especially after yet another failure of the Goddess Survey, we have the elements to answer a question that concerns us all, even in Europe, even in Italy, even in our homes. Why did Trump win? Obviously, the answers vary, and they also concern electoral trends and the limited appeal of the competing candidate (that's democracy, baby...), Hillary Clinton, whom 70 percent of US citizens consider "dishonest and untrustworthy." Rightly or wrongly, it's secondary.

Taking into account the fact that it is an inadequate competitor, not very popular, and, let's face it, the product of a political familism that has become more and more unbearable every day, given that the world's leading power cannot be governed by means of dynasties, from the Clintons to the Bushes, both of which have now finally been liquidated, Let's get to the key lever that dragged Trump to the White House. The widespread discontent of the American people. The anger, the indignation, the discontent of millions and millions of people, citizens and families, men and women, millennials and seniors, who not only no longer believe in the "American Dream," but also in the "American Dream." (a cornerstone of the epic of a people and a nation, from its birth to forever) but they suffer, every day. They feel badFor the simple reason that they have no certainty about their lifestyles, their well-being, or the possibility of building a future where there is room for simple and clear things: work, a family, a home, etc.

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EFFECTS AFTER TRUMP ELECTION –

In this sense, Trump wins where Obama lost, that is, in a too partial change, after two terms, which failed to improve the living conditions of his country.Let me explain with two very concrete examples. Obama saved major banks and corporations from the financial crisis, and he did so with massive financial interventions, using taxpayers' money. He had to do it, of course. But if the banks were saved, if the salaries of large, medium, and small managers returned to stratospheric levels as if nothing had happened, what has changed for the average citizen struggling to borrow money to buy a television, a car, or a house? Nothing. On the contrary: everything has gotten worse, everything has become more difficult and more uncertain, and there is no certainty on the horizon of a return to "normality," that is, to lives that can be planned and dreamed of based on a decent level of individual and collective income. In a word: Social injustice has increased, that horrible gap has widened between a club of super-rich people, ever richer and indifferent to the winds of the Great Crisis, and a vast majority of people who feel the risk of wasted lives advancing, lost in the daily pursuit of an economic and social tranquility that never arrives.People who slide, rather than advance, up the social ladder and end up bordering on the universe of new poverty.

TRUMP OBAMA COMPARISON –

Meanwhile, alongside the traditional powers of banks, finance and large companies in strategic sectors, such as oil or shale oil (updated oil) and real estate, the wealth and power of another magic circle in American society and economy has been consolidated: the tech tycoons. People who, in just a few months, went from a basement to a billion-dollar bank account. Here too: what have been the benefits for the average American? Few, too few. The second example I wanted to give illustrates this well: The Obama administration has created millions of jobs, and this is a positive development at a time when employment is declining, partly due to technological advances. It's a shame, however, that these jobs are truly poor, very poor: we're talking about wages of $8 an hour.I ask you: can you dream with this income? Or more simply: can you live? Answer this question, and you've arrived straight to the White House occupied by Donald Trump.

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