Much of the commentary above proves just how much we don't get it in Europe. I heard Pat Kenny this morning with someone from the Clinton Institute (yep the "Clinton" Institute!) sneering and patronising at the awfulness of the people who put Trump back in the White House.
"You can fool some of the people all of the time," Pat pouted while they played a vox-pop from a pair of Trump voters - one talking about Biden being "a communist" the other saying something like,
"Trump loves God" and decided that these two represented the entirety of the winning side of the electorate:
"How can so many Americans be so ignorant." Pat erupted with stern-voiced bafflement.
I'm old enough to remember the same critiques (and worse) when Ronald Reagan came to power.
"He'll start WW111 etc," Bruce Springsteen sang 'Bad Moon Rising' at his show on The River tour (
"Don't go out tonight - it's bound to take your life") while Michael D and the usual suspects were down at Shannon Airport protesting and whinging when Reagan arrived here (From the Irish Examiner 1984: "Prominent politicians like Michael D Higgins, Brendan Ryan, Tony Gregory, and Proinsias de Rossa wrote a letter of protest to US media including the New York Times and Time.")
As it turned out, Reagan spoke to Thatcher and said something like, "
I think we can do some business with this man" (Gorbachev) and The Iron Curtain came down....
Anyway...
Let us all enjoy the bewilderment of the podcast ponces in response to Trump’s victory.
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