are called the swing states because they are the ones that tip the balance.
Americans are rigid in their behavior and Democratic states always vote democratic and Republican states always vote republican hence the American presidency is actually determined by the swing states irrespective of party manifestos.
Trump actually swept all the swing states and given that he won with less than fifty percent of the cast votes and by a mere two hundred thousand votes paints a picture that he just barely scrapped through even with Elon Musk assisting on misinformation.
In his last stint at the white house, Trump accumulated an impressive archive of over thirty thousand documented lies that he told the American public and yet this individual was able to convince even the evangelicals that he was the right choice for America.
He achieved this by speaking the language of the man on the ground and articulating and vocalizing the fears and concerns of the American worker. His subtle‘ lets make America white again’ resonated with even non-whites who stand to lose out.
One can sympathize with Moses, who having led the Israelites out of Egypt, according to the scriptures, had to contend with those who lamented that at least in Egypt, as slaves, they had square meals and shelter from the elements. The desert was hostile and inhospitable.
It is not that the Americans are expecting miracles from Trump, they just know that he is their best hope to sort out those that they hate and perceive as being the genesis of all their woes. The enemy of my enemy is my friend scenario.
America is racist but the constitution denies them the luxury of expressing it, so a person who can freely endorse hate mongering is such a welcome relief to a country that has been silenced by the need to be politically correct.
A promise to deport the pesky immigrants is music to most American rednecks since they can now vent their frustration on a common group since the constitution denied them the right to lynch and flog blacks. They fought a civil war to try and maintain status quo.
The evangelicals who think they are singularly Christian because Jesus is blond and blue eyed as depicted by their artists and who have managed to create an exclusive type of Christianity that permits the hate and murder of one’ s neighbor, understand Trump.
They are particularly enamored by Trump when he tells them that he is pro-life and against abortion and has a pet peeve with the LGBTQ community. Why these two issues are even an issue in America beats logic.
Perhaps since they have failed in all the other Christian parameters then the hawkish attack on these essentially private issues gives them an excuse to meddle in the affairs of others and feel godly as they label the practices an aberration.
Trump also promised to end the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, how he does that is a mystery since withdrawing aid to Ukraine will brand him pro-Russia, an anathema to Americans and withdrawing support to Israel will brand him anti-Israel, a no-no in America.
Trump admires and wants to be a Putin but history is against him as America’ s reputation as the defender of self-determination and human rights is at stake. The Moslem voter, voted Trump with an end to the Gaza genocide in mind.
Trump clinched the presidency on a raft of lies and it is perhaps correct to state that the culture of lies is a political stratagem that seems to have gained currency in the world since contemptuous politicians believe the electorate will lap up anything.
World politics, especially in Europe have been shifting worrisomely to the intolerant far right that wants to recreate the past where economic supremacy was based on the exploitation and subjugation of other nations. A modern-day caste system of privilege and exclusion.
Trump on the other hand seems determined to become insular and cordon off the United States of America. This is a rather strange stance and perhaps demonstrates his shallow understanding of global realpolitik but which nevertheless appeals to a naïve electorate.
It has been said that when Europe sneezes, Africa catches the flu but, in this instance, it appears that America has a running nose and consequently Kenya has caught pneumonia, which may explain where our culture of misinformation, impunity and lies originated from.