Voices: Trump terrors? Here’s how to survive his second term in the White House
Voices: Trump terrors? Here’s how to survive his second term in the White House
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Sure, ‘The Donald’ has said that he wants to purchase Greenland, turn Canada into the 51st state and that Chinese soldiers are ‘operating the Panama Canal’ – but it’s not all doom and gloom... right? writes Will Gore. In the Chinese zodiac, 2025 is the year of the snake. Rather fittingly, it is also the year that Donald Trump will slither his way back into the White House (which may prove venomous for the whole world).
Since the US election result was called back in November, there has not been the same sense of profound shock that accompanied Trump’s first presidential win. Then, it seemed impossible that a man with no political experience – and who seemed so patently objectionable on almost every level – could win the White House. This time, for all the late hope that Kamala Harris brought to the Democratic Party ticket, a Trump win felt inevitable.
If you are a progressively-minded individual living in the US, there is an immediate and visceral materiality to deal with, as “The Donald’s” inauguration approaches. For those of us living across the pond, the thought of Trump in the presidential hot seat may not be less gruesome, but its impact is not quite so direct. Either way, how should we best handle the nagging fear of what might be to come?.
