The sun is pressing through the low grey clouds above Turnberry beach in Ayrshire where Alan Ringrose is walking his dog. He shakes his head at the emerging news from across the Atlantic.
“I think America’s gone mad,” he says. “How can you elect a criminal as president?”
Disbelief is his overriding emotion as the reality of a second Trump presidency sinks in. “I don’t get it. Perhaps people were afraid to elect a black woman?” » | Libby Brooks, Scotland correspondent | Thursday, November 7 , 2024
I can’t say that I am shocked by yesterday’s election result. Donald Trump is a coarse, vulgar, unrefined man who appeals to a large section of American voters. Trump’s re-election tells us exactly who the Americans are. Be under no illusions! The Americans of today are not the Americans of yesteryear. The Americans who fought in the Second World War were a different breed. Just take a look at a picture of Americans in the 30s and 40s and compare that picture with one taken today.
In voting for Trump, American voters have played fast and loose with their Constitution, fast and loose with their freedoms, and fast and loose with their future. Unfortunately, they have played fast and loose with our future, too. Americans who voted for Trump will deserve all they get; we won’t.
I already see dark clouds on the horizon. We had better prepare ourselves for the worst. – © Mark Alexander
