Personally, I don't really expect to benefit at all from a Trump presidency. For me and my family, it will probably be status quo. We did perfectly well under every previous administration (because we are sensible with our money and make enough to be quite comfortable), and I don't think that will change. He might lower taxes. That would be nice. I won't hold my breath. (In my ideal world, we scrap the current tax system entirely and start from scratch, but I'll never get my ideal world. :p)
For the country, however--that's a different story. I sincerely hope he keeps his promise to stop the hemorrhaging at our border. And while I'm not confident that he's actually read the Constitution, I'm fairly certain he doesn't despise it and view it as an obstacle the way Hillary seems to--especially the 2nd Amendment. I'm hoping that he will appoint judges that won't pull their opinions out of thin air based on what they think is "right" rather than what the law actually says, because that is not their job. That, too, would be nice. I would also really like it if he would stop the previous eight-year pattern of spitting on our friends and sucking up to our enemies.
I certainly don't think he's the second coming of Hitler-Satan who's going to round up all the Mexican Muslim gay transsexuals, load them into cattle cars, and lock them up in FEMA camps after forcing them into conversion therapy and groping their women, which... sort of seems to be some of the more hysterical narrative.
And let me also say that I'm not a fan of his and never have been. I think he's a bombastic narcissist, and that "populist" (which is what he is) is not the same as "conservative" (which is what I am). We have no idea what we're actually going to get when he starts governing. I was appalled when my party selected him as our nominee. I am, at best, hopeful that he won't mess it up too badly. I do not feel "good" about him winning--but I am vastly relieved that Hillary lost.
However, the giant middle finger he seems to be sticking up to the "mainstream" press has been a long time coming, and that amuses me greatly.
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For the country, however--that's a different story. I sincerely hope he keeps his promise to stop the hemorrhaging at our border. And while I'm not confident that he's actually read the Constitution, I'm fairly certain he doesn't despise it and view it as an obstacle the way Hillary seems to--especially the 2nd Amendment. I'm hoping that he will appoint judges that won't pull their opinions out of thin air based on what they think is "right" rather than what the law actually says, because that is not their job. That, too, would be nice. I would also really like it if he would stop the previous eight-year pattern of spitting on our friends and sucking up to our enemies.
I certainly don't think he's the second coming of Hitler-Satan who's going to round up all the Mexican Muslim gay transsexuals, load them into cattle cars, and lock them up in FEMA camps after forcing them into conversion therapy and groping their women, which... sort of seems to be some of the more hysterical narrative.
And let me also say that I'm not a fan of his and never have been. I think he's a bombastic narcissist, and that "populist" (which is what he is) is not the same as "conservative" (which is what I am). We have no idea what we're actually going to get when he starts governing. I was appalled when my party selected him as our nominee. I am, at best, hopeful that he won't mess it up too badly. I do not feel "good" about him winning--but I am vastly relieved that Hillary lost.
However, the giant middle finger he seems to be sticking up to the "mainstream" press has been a long time coming, and that amuses me greatly.