America after the election

Alexander Genis: America after the elections, as already mentioned, represents an alarming picture. The losers of the Democrats are frantically trying to understand the causes of the defeat. But the winners are not calm. Many party functionaries are afraid of their new president more than someone else's and old. Some of them hope that since Trump has reached the goal, there is no need to rush to it anymore without analyzing the road. The electorate did his job, their chosen one too. The next four years, Trump has a daily management of the country, which, professional politicians think, will quickly get bored. Therefore, instead of fulfilling their pre -election promises, the president will be given to inflate the cheeks in front of the camera, and experienced courtiers, who have already rumbled behind Trump’s back, will take care of the rest.

In essence, the Republicans have no other choice. After all, now their parties belong to all branches of power and only it, the Republican Party, will be responsible for any miss. Knowing on the election campaign, what to expect from Trump, the Republicans insidiously expect to make the English Queen from the president who reigns but does not rule.

The big question is whether something from this will come out. Trump, after all, successfully fought off the claims of the same party members who tried to reason him. He insisted that not the collective mind of the party, but his own instincts would lead him to power. Now that he proved his case, Trump has no reason to listen to anyone. And it scares many.

“The American Republic has nothing to do with Weimar,” the Columnists write nervously, but they are tired of pretending and hope that they are able to foresee the future.

Trump’s report is told about the Victory of Trump by the report of Vladimir Abarinov.

Vladimir Abarinov: The victory of Donald Trump has become a shock for many commentators of the liberal direction. The next morning their speakers appeared in the newspapers, in which they tried to swallow a bitter pill. Of the Washington brain centers, the Institute of Bruckings, one of the strongholds of the Democratic Party, first commented on the election results. His experts gathered on the morning of November 9, a few hours after the election of Trump became a failed fact. The moderator David Wessel opened the discussion with his introductory word.

David Vorisel: Regardless of who we voted for, I think we all feel that something very significant has happened in our country. It seems to me that such events require us to revise our previous beliefs and prejudices in order to better understand the society in which we live. However, they also require that we preserve and protect our fundamental values and principles, which we value as private individuals, as an institution and, of course, as a nation. Today we know that many Americans are not satisfied with how they lead this country, and we also know that other democratic countries in other parts of the world face the same discontent, the result of which this night has become.

Vladimir Abarinov: David Wessel listed the rules that, in his opinion, should follow the opponents of Donald Trump.

David Vorisel: Firstly, even in a dispute about the problems that we do not agree to the greatest extent, we must conduct a dialogue in respectful, civilized tone.

Secondly, we should now be extremely careful in our forecasts about what will follow the victory of Donald Trump. I'm not even sure that Donald Trump himself knows this.

And thirdly, as an institute with a centenary history, which in some way personifies the very elites against which Trump’s electorate has set up, we should avoid excessive generalizations and arrogance in relation to the Americans who voted for Donald Trump.

Many do not have the courage to admit that Trump attracted people with something other than racism. The decline that is felt in certain corners of the country is a consequence of not only economic reasons. We are talking about the basic aspects of existence, from the position of the family and life expectancy to drugs. The feeling that many of those who form public opinion see the reason for this anxiety in the best case in the stupidity of people, and in the worst - in racism, only exacerbates these fears. They already see that the elite of both coasts does not care about them. We must now avoid such an attitude towards people.

Vladimir Abarinov: On the reasons for the defeat of Hillary Clinton, the economic expert of the Brukings Institute Stewart Batler discusses the economic expert.

Stuart Butler: Like many other research institutes, we carefully study the problem of economic mobility in America. Do people expect that their social situation will increase if they work hard? How does this life trajectory correlate with the experience of their parents? And no doubt, Trump's supporters feel especially acutely that the alignment is not in their favor, that their life is not better, and look into the future with pessimism. I think they also feel more and we saw it in these elections that artificial interference was created in their way, that life benefits are not deserved, but by patronage, by acquaintance. In America there are people who live perfectly, but not them. This may not be so, but they feel that. The regions of the greatest de -industrialization, especially the small industrial cities of the South and the Middle West - it was there that the vote for Trump was massive. This is reality.

Vladimir Abarinov: Specialist in the field of government John Hadek.

John Hadek: I agree with everything that you said. Indeed, many Americans look at our system and see that something has broken in it. But something beautiful happened today. We had a candidate of the Democratic Party, who received more votes than his republican rival, but lost, because these are the rules of elections. And the loser recognized his defeat. And then we saw how the President of the United States welcomes the elected president and assures that he would do everything in his power, for a calm transition of power from the old administration to a new one. In many countries this does not happen. So I think that, although our system has malfunctions, it is still a bright moment - the system works just like it has worked for 240 years, it works as effective as possible for this transition to come true.

Vladimir Abarinov: In addition to the victory in the presidential election, the Republicans retained the majority in both chambers of Congress. But John Hadek believes that so far it is premature that the legislative initiatives of President Trump will not meet any obstacles in the congress.

John Hadek: One of the mistakes characteristic of the new regime is the conviction that in the conditions of consolidated power, the case will be arguing, in all pairs. It is necessary to understand that they will not agree in everything. Yes, they agree with each other that it is necessary to cancel the law on compulsory insurance, to carry out tax reform and in some more matters. However, Congress will become an institutional limiter for a businessman who had not encountered such obstacles before. So Donald Trump has to change his work style and control method. Dramatic changes in the style of public policy since January 20 will have to come. But what the new president will encounter, we have already seen the Obama administration in the first two years of work. Democrats controlled both chambers of the Congress, the majority was huge, but the president sometimes could not make the decisions he needed. Now the watershed in Congress will be much deeper than it was in 2009.

Vladimir Abarinov: The opinion of Bruce Ryodel is a former analyst of the CIA and an employee of the National Security Council in the administrations of Bill Clinton and George Bush.

Bruce Redel: I think Vladimir Putin spent this night perfectly. It would be interesting to find out how well the vodka was sold in Moscow. Vladimir Putin gave signals with all his might that he wanted the election of Donald Trump. He launched the Cyber Club against the Democratic Party of the United States. This is something really unusual - a foreign power intervenes in our political process. In no way I want to attribute to him the merit of the election of Trump. On the contrary, I think these actions slightly influenced the result, but the fact of intervention is evident.

Donald Trump’s foreign policy is difficult to judge. Usually, a crowd of international experts surround the candidate, they write to him notes with a statement of his positions on various issues, and then he protects these positions on the debate. This time we have not seen anything of this. Let's say a war in Afghanistan. The longest war in American history. She has never been mentioned in a series of debate. We do not know what is his position in Afghanistan. So far, the following can be said. During the campaign, he questioned some of the cornerstones of American foreign policy, which we have known her for the last 70 years. One example is NATO. He did not say that he wanted to get out of NATO, and in this matter he would encounter a powerful bureaucracy, which he had never encountered before and which will put pressure on him in order to stay in NATO. However, he belittled NATO. He said that he doubts NATO values for the United States. This is a balm on the soul of Mr. Putin. And if you live in Estonia, you need to fear for your future, as well as the inhabitants of Ukraine or Crimea.

Vladimir Abarinov: The results of the elections were the topic of the next release of the current show of the HBO “Real Time” television company. It is led by the famous satirist Bill Maer. Previously, he made the show “inadvertently” on the ABC channel, which had a loud success. However, when six days after the attacks of September 11, he called America a nation of cowards, advertisers withdrew their advertisements, and the show was closed. In the passage. Which we will hear now, Bill Maer objects Ana Marie Kox, a political commentator and a blogger, and then Trai Crowder, also a satirist and author of the book “Manifesto of a liberal quilted jacket” enters into a conversation.

Bill Maer: The Democratic Party in some ways lost a white worker, this is what happened to them. They told the white representative of the working class: your problems are not real, there is nothing to climb with uninvited advice and cling to their privileges. When my life is no good, my problems are real.

If this is some kind of positive moment for me personally, then these are two problems for which the liberals spread me rot for years, but maybe now they will finally hear me. One is political correctness. On this subject, I made a show for nine years. You are all overlays with your political correct Galicia and pushed people away from you. The second problem is Islam. When there is a terrorist attack, the Democrats say: “Do not offend Muslims” instead of thinking how to save America from this misfortune.

ANA Marie KOX: Let's just say: you want to say that the problem of American politics is that it insufficiently pleases the white man?

Bill Maer: No, I did not say that.

Ana Marie Kox: You said. Literally you really said!

Trai Krauder: I think you are right. One hundred percent are right. But one of the two: do you want to be right or win these damn elections?

Vladimir Abarinov: Republicans also did not expect Trump to win. The speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan - formally the second, and in fact the first person in the party hierarchy - ruined relations with the party candidate. He sharply criticized him for inadvertible statements and defiantly refused to agitate for him. However, now he has changed his opinion about the winner of Trump.

Paul Ryan: This is the most incredible political achievement that I have seen in my life. Seven of 10 Americans do not like in which direction our country is going. Many of our fellow citizens feel alienated, they have lost faith in our most important institutions. They see that their voice is not heard, and do not believe that elected faces are of their interests. But Donald Trump heard the voice of this country, a voice that no one else heard. He made contact with people, which no one else could do. And now Donald Trump will head the Unified Republican Government. And we will work hand in hand over a positive agenda of the day to cope with the big problems of this country.

Vladimir Abarinov: As you see, no, even symbolic, gesture to the Democrats. But the monologue of the popular radio host of the extremely conservative sense of Rush Limbo. This is the beginning of his current show.

Rush Limbo: Ladies and gentlemen, I begin to get nervous. I'm already nervous. I know early. I am not nervous from what the elected President Trump said. I am nervous from what I hear from other people. These are absolutely inappropriate words. And today I want to try to explain why I am nervous and destroying some myths that arise every time after the elections - myths about unity, about inter -party consent, work together. Each time the winning party almost apologizes for his victory.

I'm tired of it. I am fed up with this. I have been watching this for 29 years and this time I do not intend to sit silently when this happens again. For the past eight years, we have ruled us against our will. To unite after we forced them to surrender, how did we do this with the Japanese in the Second World War?

Vladimir Abarinov: In fact: why look for a common language with the Democrats, if now both the executive and legislative branches of the authorities are controlled by the Republicans? And soon President Trump will fill the vacancy in the Supreme Court with his like -minded person, and the balance of power in it will also change in favor of the conservatives.

And finally, the video that blew up the social networks and brought into the turbulent delight of the supporters of Donald Trump. The commentator of the FOX 23 television company - it is located in the second largest city of Oklahoma Talse - who reports in the morning about the situation on the roads of the state, tells voters Hillary Clinton, how to get to Canada quickly.

Commentator: I know a lot of people said that if their candidate loses the election, they will move to Canada. I don’t know why, but they swore directly to do it. Therefore, I will allow myself to show them the fastest and most direct route to Canada from Talsa. You leave Talsa to the north along the 74th road, cross Kansas, when you get to Omaha, look for a connection with the Federal Railway 29, from Omakhi, Nebraska, move on the line 29, cross the southern dac, then the northern dac, and the 29th road will lead you directly to the Canadian border ...

Vladimir Abarinov: I began to look for the source to find out the name of the commentator - his name is Jeff Bruchchuleri - and it turned out that four years ago, when Barack Obama won the elections with Republican Mitt Romny, he gave exactly the same recommendations to Romny's supporters. I thought: “How clever this guy was rebuilt and turned the old reprise!” But when I looked at both videos, I realized that this is the same video. It’s just that someone took the old entry and pretended it for a fresh commentator, the commentator does not call it the name of the loser. And Jeff Bruchchuleri has not been working on Fox 23 for three and a half years.