The wildest presidential election in recent history is over and a charismatic businessman has taken on two national parties and has reached one of the most powerful positions in the world. Some thoughts:
The Donald has proven that the best way for an outsider to become a president is not to do a third party/independent bid but rather to hijack one of the major parties on the way to power. In this process, he took on two of the biggest and most powerful political dynasties in the last generation in Bush family and Clintons and prevailed. Anyone who claims to have foreseen this is lying. They will write songs about this election (maybe movies, since that's the new norm).
Listening to his victory speech, I take him on his word that he wants to be the president for all Americans. I hope he would listen to those who haven't supported him - from both parties - in trying to unify our great country. You want to do the job so well we will be proud of you as the president: go ahead.
If he is actually planning to build the wall that he said he would build, I hope that he remembers his promise to build a "big beautiful door" in it.
I hope that he runs the country like a CEO, assembling a team of the "best people" to do every job as promised.
I hope that he puts an end to the war mongering interventionist neocon foreign policy that the current administration has been peddling and stops trying to provoke Russia into a Nuclear War. Keep your promise of improving relations with Russia by talking to Putin and getting along with him. Talk to North Korea as you said you will. We don't have to go around the world toppling governments and creating fertile recruiting grounds for terrorist groups.
I hope that he will fix healthcare costs. One thing nobody is talking about is that since Nov 1st, Open Enrollment started and millions of Americans looked at it and decided that it is not affordable. I wonder how many of those folks were previous supporters of Affordable Care Act and chose to vote for Trump solely because they suddenly didn't believe in it anymore.
About free trade, I hope that he doesn't start a bout of protectionist policies that let the government pick winners and losers. Review and rework "free trade deals" to make them truly free trade. But Tariffs only make consumers suffer and is essentially an income redistribution from the general population to the specific companies whose lobbyists manage to get these tariffs enacted.
Please do enact your vision of reforming the entire regulatory code to get rid of every wasteful and unnecessary regulation. An outsider like you who isn't beholden to any special interests is the best person to do it.
I also hope you abolish designated hitter.
As for the Democratic party, look at where it went wrong. You need to build a bench that is longer than dynastic retreads from previous administrations or old socialists who has little traction outside the circle of his small but ardent supporters. Having won the culture wars of the past couple of decades, it appears like you have nothing left fighting for; at least nothing that inspires its "Obama Coalition" to come out and vote. I already see a call from Michael Moore to obstruct and block everything that Trump wants to do; this is exactly the wrong thing to do: take each policy at its merits.
On the other side, the GOP shouldn't think that everything is rosy on your side: this ain't your victory. Donald J Trump isn't one of you even though he won under your label. You need to develop a coherent idea about what you stand for.
Anyway, now it is Trump time. Congratulations on becoming the President elect. There are grave structural issues that our country faces that require strong actions. Maybe a politician will never have the gall to make some of these tough decisions; a businessman maybe just what the doctor ordered. America is already great. Feel free to make it even greater. Please lay off your fascist, autocratic impulses. Let freedom ring.
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