How to absorb the news that we just elected President Trump
The question is whether the image of Mrs. Clinton, composed and gracious in defeat, persevering through pain, will inspire women to try again?
How Hillary handles pain.
↩︎ New York Times, posted Nov. 10, 2016
“This telenovela is still in development.”
Trump did better with Hispanics than Bob Dole in 1996 (21 percent), and wound up comparable to Mitt Romney in 2012 (27 percent). Que paso? Six reasons Latino Trumpers cited to explain their allegiance.
↩︎ posted Nov. 9, 2016
Trump winning: Who will rise and fall in status?
According to Tyler Cowen, among others to rise and fall:
Rise: Peter Thiel. Scott Adams. Nate Silver. Critics of Obamacare, “especially those such as Megan McArdle who said it was a huge mistake to proceed with zero Republican votes.” Brexiters and Ukip.
Fall: Pollsters. Economists. Progressives who suggested Hillary Clinton “shouldn’t compromise with Republicans or reach out to them with significant policy concessions.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Yet even more people. People.
↩︎ posted Nov. 9, 2016
The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally.
Prescient Salena Zito, writing two months ago.
↩︎ The Atlantic, posted Nov. 9, 2016
How to read the New York Times on the morning of Donald Trump’s election
We read pretty much the whole morning edition of our nation’s top newspaper. Here’s how to make a good start, especially if you’re interested in things to do with President Trump.
- “Breathe. Exhale. Repeat: The Benefits of Controlled Breathing.”
- “Mr. Trump will thoroughly reimagine the tone, standards and expectations of the presidency, molding it in his own self-aggrandizing image. He is set to take the oath of office on Jan. 20.” From “Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment.”
- “We must hope that he has the wit to be more than a wrecker, more than a demagogue, and that his crude genius can actually be turned, somehow, to the common good. And if that hope is dashed, we must find ways to resist him.” Conservative columnist Ross Douthat stands by all of his Trump warnings.
- From “Donald Trump’s Victory Promises to Upend the International Order,” “It is hardly surprising that much of the world was rooting for Hillary Clinton over Mr. Trump, who characterized his foreign policy as ‘America First.’”
- “The polls were off because nobody wanted to admit that they were going to vote for him. But it’s a populist revolt and a lot of people believed in Trump’s message.” Maureen Dowd talks to her Trump-voting brother at three a.m.
- “If the news media failed to present a reality-based political scenario, then it failed in performing its most fundamental function.” “News Media Yet Again Misreads America’s Complex Pulse.”
- Roger Cohen somehow still manages to sound superior in all sentences—as always—but not dumb. “If Trump governs as he has campaigned, America and the world face real and present danger.”
- “If your [financial] goals haven’t changed, resist a knee-jerk reaction based on an election that didn’t go your way.”
- From a letter to the editor: “What we really need is a revitalized Republican Party that is freed of adherence to the age-old myth that the rich are fit and the poor unfit and is ready to the meet the Democrats halfway in creating a government that works for all Americans.”
- “CoverGirl Signs Its First Ambassador in a Hijab.”
↩︎ posted Nov. 9, 2016
Should you choose to bug out, here’s a pack-out of a very nice option for a 72-hour survival kit—in case of apocalypse, total freak out, or world-ending event.
↩︎ posted Nov. 9, 2016
World leaders are also reading the news anxiously
Putin was among the first to send congratulations after Trump declared victory—by telegram. “It is not an easy path, but we are ready to do our part and do everything to return Russian and American relations to a stable path of development.”
↩︎ posted Nov. 9, 2016
All along, Trump seemed like a twisted caricature of every rotten reflex of the radical right. That he has prevailed, that he has won this election, is a crushing blow to the spirit.
Not exactly selling his magazine to the Rust Belt, David Remnick calls Trump’s election an American tragedy. “It is impossible to react to this moment with anything less than revulsion and profound anxiety.”
↩︎ The New Yorker, posted Nov. 9, 2016