The Next Episode of Trump and Clinton
Published in Le Journal de Montreal
(Canada) on 21 May 2016
by Mathieu Bock-Côté (link to original)
(Canada) on 21 May 2016
by Mathieu Bock-Côté (link to original)
Translated from
by Kristin Dale.
Edited by Melanie Rehfuss.
Everything seemed to be settled in advance.
Donald Trump was so erratic that he would inevitably crash in the race to the Republican nomination. And Hillary Clinton was so competent that she would obtain the Democratic nomination without the least bit of a problem.
Those who said otherwise were joking. Any other scenario was unimaginable. We lacked imagination.
Revolt
Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee. A large number of Americans fed up with the system has permitted him to sweep away the party’s elites.
As for Hillary Clinton, she has been harshly contested by Bernie Sanders, who has stirred up the enthusiasm of a generation eager to instill a bit of dream into politics. If she didn’t have the establishment’s support at her disposal, she would have lost.
And so, we reassure ourselves while we can. It’s already been announced that Clinton will crush Trump. Yet again, those who doubt this too strongly will look like imbeciles.
But an electoral campaign could get things moving. In fact, things already are. Incidentally, a survey declared that the distance between Trump and Clinton is narrowing. A victory for the former over the latter is not unimaginable.
The exasperation is such that, among our neighbors to the south, there is a temptation to knock over the table. They could vote for Trump, especially if they are forbidden from doing so.
One day, the people will be fed up with being told what they do or do not have the right to think. Censorship of a people who see themselves as respectable is stifling.
Fears
You can feel the profound anger rising and emerging temptation to revolt. Massive illegal immigration, the decline of the middle class, exuberant economic inequalities, the decline of America’s power in the world: genuine fears dominate American politics.
These are the fears of an empire threatened by decline, with a population who may desiring a strong leader to pick them up, even if that leader is grotesque and runs the risk of making the crisis worse.
Donald Trump was so erratic that he would inevitably crash in the race to the Republican nomination. And Hillary Clinton was so competent that she would obtain the Democratic nomination without the least bit of a problem.
Those who said otherwise were joking. Any other scenario was unimaginable. We lacked imagination.
Revolt
Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee. A large number of Americans fed up with the system has permitted him to sweep away the party’s elites.
As for Hillary Clinton, she has been harshly contested by Bernie Sanders, who has stirred up the enthusiasm of a generation eager to instill a bit of dream into politics. If she didn’t have the establishment’s support at her disposal, she would have lost.
And so, we reassure ourselves while we can. It’s already been announced that Clinton will crush Trump. Yet again, those who doubt this too strongly will look like imbeciles.
But an electoral campaign could get things moving. In fact, things already are. Incidentally, a survey declared that the distance between Trump and Clinton is narrowing. A victory for the former over the latter is not unimaginable.
The exasperation is such that, among our neighbors to the south, there is a temptation to knock over the table. They could vote for Trump, especially if they are forbidden from doing so.
One day, the people will be fed up with being told what they do or do not have the right to think. Censorship of a people who see themselves as respectable is stifling.
Fears
You can feel the profound anger rising and emerging temptation to revolt. Massive illegal immigration, the decline of the middle class, exuberant economic inequalities, the decline of America’s power in the world: genuine fears dominate American politics.
These are the fears of an empire threatened by decline, with a population who may desiring a strong leader to pick them up, even if that leader is grotesque and runs the risk of making the crisis worse.
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