US Elections 2016

Hello.

   So after 18 months of...of...what the hell was that, actually? In 540 days of slagging each other off, essentially, we have learned that Trump is a dick and Hillary is also a dick. But I don't need to know any more than that as I am an Italian living in Spain. Surely they could have said all they had to say to each other in a one-off session yesterday morning? It is now time for the American electorate to choose one or the other. There are more recognised sexualities to choose from.

   But, you know what - just like my opinion on the whole debacle - it doesn't matter who wins. Not just to me, a non-American, but also to the citizens who will find out who their new president is later tonight. Tomorrow you will work, eat, pay bills, sleep, repeat. Yes, markets will react according to who is the new POTUS. They will then steady. You will continue to work, eat, pay bills, sleep, repeat. People will react according to who is the new POTUS. Then they will steady. In the end, the majority has chosen. You will continue to work, eat, pay bills, sleep, repeat. This whole process, starting in May 2015, has shown us that the President of the United States of America no longer carries the perceived clout of times bygone. In this post-truth society, a society wherein apparent honesty is but an optional - advertising, social media, politics - we have tired of believing. We don't have the energy anymore to shoot down the blatant lies that swirl around us from all directions. This energy is best spent on getting through our day: work, eat, pay bills, sleep, repeat. Maybe it is now - finally - obvious to all that the US President is not the most powerful figure in the 'free' world, and hasn't been in a long time. The fact that the coin-toss involves Clinton and Trump is case and point that it doesn't matter any more.

   I don't like to make predictions but we know it can only go one of two ways. If Hillary gets in - and looks more likely for simple status quo bias - it will all be much of the same. A Donald result would in the long run probably be the better result, though. If Donald got in - an interesting disruption for all of us non-Americans to witness - maybe the rest of the world would keep a closer check on US foreign policy. In any case, the last year and half has proved the dire straits America now finds itself in. Either way it goes...

...it's all a load of Bovine Skittles!