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I don't think the minority of Americans who voted for him really thought about this situation.



And the mother that didn't check on her baby in the bath didn't mean for them to drown. In real life there's consequences for being negligent and careless.


This was explicitly predicted by Democrats and loudly expressed. Enlightened centrists insisted we were being hyperbolic.

Nobody has any right to claim surprise. If you couldn't see this coming, you are stupid, full stop.


If you take US eligible voters who did not vote, and put them on Trump's side of the vote tally, then he gets more than 50% of all eligible voters.

To me, staying home and not voting in an election is a silent vote for whoever the winner ends up being. These people soft-voted for Trump.




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