He is only 1 man and certain things he can't implement without the Senate.

God damn America. What are you doing!?
I thought us voting for Brexit was bad enough.. but electing Trump?
I really can't imagine how this is going to go for the next four years, but I can't imagine it will be good.

Its okay no need to start crying.

Still don't really know what to think of this, but this sure was an interesting election.

Sad? Why, lol.
Empathy is a good quality of a man.

True. I've always been of the mind that democracy also means having to accept the judgement of those whose opinions you find inherently "flawed", for better or worse.
Which of course begs the question whether the "two party system" the US seems to have going for itself is in any way well suited for getting desirable results. Especially considering the "protest votes", which is something I believe the German AfD hugely benefits from. Now, imagine it was either/or - AfD or Green party, to choose two parties from rather opposite ends of the spectrum - one shudders at the thought.


Edit: Aaand, google tells me Trump made it.
As the OP stated so aptly - good luck, everyone :)

Not when we start fighting each other over it.
Take for example the Netherlands vs. Germany soccer rivalry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Netherlands_football_rivalry

For sure. I mean, I understand for a lot of the younger crowd. Youth tends to overreact to EVERYthing, but there's been more than a few people who defo aren't acting their age over this. I'm glad someone is keeping a level head in all this drama. Whether or not I like someone is not predicated on them being a clone of me. I'd find that extremely boring.

That is basically the only valid argument presented by the right, and of course it's a matter of healthy debate whether helping people in need is money well-spent. If you don't, that's your opinion, and that's fine. Of course, I do think we've let in too many refugees, but a lot of that is down to other EU states bellyaching about refugees and refusing to take them in, so Germany has had to shoulder the lot of them.

Merkel's popularity is not declining specifically because of the refugee crisis, but because she's tone-deaf to the political climate. She wasn't wrong to ignore the PEGIDA and AfD supporters with those whose "concerns" were based on shouting "Islam is evil, hur, dur" over and over again, but she was wrong to ignore the concerns of citizens who had legitimate worries about such a large influx of people unfamiliar with our culture.

Ironically, because Syria is largely a secular society, Syrians are actually having an easier time of integrating here than say, the Eritreans or Afghans. My wife is working with a Syrian refugee at her workplace, and I collaborate with two Syrian English>Arabic translators in my line of work. Neither of us have had any problems. There's certainly an immediate strain on the government budget, but I suspect that it will taper off as more and more refugees start earning their own money.

Congrats to everyone whose guy won. I hate politicians and celebrities so this whole thing has struck me like a battle between a bottle of ipecac and a pile of rotting lemons, but at least the election is finally over. No more campaign commercials! Maybe now we can all go back to getting along?

Side note: this year has seen Brexit, the Cubs winning the World Series, and Trump getting elected. All the impossible things are happening at once, and I suddenly feel the urge to buy a lottery ticket.

Ha! Too true. Or like sitting in a free clinic waiting for test results to come back; no matter what happens, it's impossible to feel good about the series of events that led you there.

Donald J. Trump = Only in America lol.

What a weird world we live in...

Good luck, America?

More like God bless America! :)

Why? They're screwed either way.