What is the true result of the American Presidential Election?

Peter Man
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Peter Man, a product of Chinese culture, has a cosmopolitan mind that easily blends the best of classical thinking. Call him, therefore, a Pythagorean Cynic. Accordingly, this mordant piece is not so much "against" Trump as it is against American credulity, a trait of American civilisation that has opened the door to enormous tragedies. (Peter Man is definitely NOT a Democrat cultist, nor, for that matter, a liberal totalitarian). I should note, though, that while Trump is a crook, he is no more of a crook than the rest of the US political class, whose ranks contain, in huge numbers, every form of moral vice and human criminality known to our species, albeit they are yet to be the target of politically-instigated judicial and media persecutions. That dubious honour is still reserved for the Orange Man.

What is the true result of the American Presidential Election?

With everyone discussing the consequences of a Trump presidency, I would like to add my two cents' worth, naturally based on my abnormal logic.

First and foremost, Trump did not win the election. Surprised? You shouldn't be. Trump was handed the presidency on a silver platter by the Democrats. It's very different, although the result is the same. Didn't I say Trump should beat Kamala hands down? If someone who doesn't even follow American politics can see, why didn't the Democrats?

What's my reasoning? The presidential election depends on winning over non-committed voters in a few swing states. Kamala and the Democratic Party have nothing to offer to these voters other than lip service and bullshit, promising democracy and freedom for people needing to put food on the table. I figured if a very progressive person such as myself would rather die than vote for these genocidal hypocrites, what was the chance they could convince fence-sitters in the swing states? Hence, Trump should win hands down, and he did. Quod Erat Demonstrandum.

Some liberal-minded people, so-called global leftists, and perhaps a few progressives seem to be okay with a Trump presidency because Trump may be better than Kamala. No, he's not. I made it quite clear in my Idiot's Guide to Voting. In the following video, the usually perspicacious Daniel Dumbrill (Canadian making craft beers in Shenzhen) outlines the condition, "As long as he (Trump) isn't derailed by pro-war Neocons on his team, that might become a net positive ..." O the horror! Even Dumbrill? How about "... political figures in Japan came out to say that if Trump won, Japan might finally need to and will be able to take control of their own foreign policy..." It's all blather and balderdash until Japan kicks out all the US soldiers and bases. C'mon, Dumbrill, where is your common sense? And the last straw, "I think it's unlikely for Trump to turn into a full pro-war Neocon even if he surrounds himself with some unfortunate characters. But even if he does, it would be hard to recover from him telling the whole world the way it really is ... the only thing to do from here now is to cross our fingers and wait and see where he takes us." My God! Dumbrill has lost his mind pinning his hopes on Trump. Has he been consuming too much craft beer? How did he lose his political mojo?

Luckily, we have Brian Berletic (Ex-US Marine living in Thailand and editor of The New Atlas) to remind people who have been mesmerized by Trump, the relentless lying machine, that he is no peacemaker. Here is Berlectic's latest video: The Trump Administration, from "No war hawks" to all war hawks.

I'll make it simple for those who don't have time to contemplate. 

1. The people of America have elected a convicted criminal to be their president. He also has the subservience of both Congress and the Senate. He has made the Supreme Court overwhelmingly Republican and will add to it.  He will soon flood the Federal courts with loyal Republican judges and government departments with Republican employees. Every institution of power, such as the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the DEA, the Pentagon and the Justice Department, will be at his beck and call. A lawless criminal will reign supreme with complete impunity in America. Which part of this do we not understand? 

2. Trump tells incessant lies. He told over thirty thousand lies publicly during his last term, about twenty-one per day on average. This does not include his private lies. Why would you trust anything he says?

3. Trump does not keep his word. He deserves no trust. If you have to make a deal with him, make sure it's short-term and you get paid upfront. If he makes a promise, make sure he keeps it before you do your part. 

4. Biden, Kamala and the Democratic Party promise to cede power peacefully. In truth, they are meekly surrendering to the criminal in chief and ceding power for good, meaning forever. If I were as lawless as Trump and wielded such supreme power with impunity, I would spend much of the following years consolidating dynastic power, ensuring Trumpian succession for the foreseeable future. 

5. All the vassal states will now cower and grovel in front of Trump. He may not be able to threaten China or Russia. But America's so-called allies will crawl in the dust before the mighty Hegemon and do his bidding without hesitation, including self-immolation. Japan wants to have their own foreign policy? I still can't believe the words coming out of Dumbrill's mouth, even though he was repeating someone else's rubbish.

6. Lai Ching-te to test China. He will give the DPP the green light to prosecute and imprison TPP (party leader Ko Wen-je already imprisoned) and KMT lawmakers in a reign of terror. Will China react angrily and issue more toothless protests? Or will they make the nation whole again swiftly and bloodlessly at the time of their choosing (hopefully before being forced to act)?

7. Everything Trump does will hasten the fall of the empire, but he will be more concerned about consolidating his power in America. A hot war, especially a losing one, will scupper his plans. He will try to avoid it. Trump is not hard to understand. He is as predictable as gravity. His presidency will be a train wreck for America and its vassals. The rest of the world, who are not vassals, can humour him and let him bloviate about how great a deal-maker he is. Let him delude himself and America. In the meantime, pull the Dollar rug from under him and watch him flounder trying to deal with the financial crisis. The House of Cards will collapse slowly and then all at once. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter Man was born and brought up in colonial Hong Kong. For his entire primary and secondary education, he attended La Salle Primary School and La Salle College, a prestigious English boys school run by Catholic Brothers. After graduating with an engineering degree from McMaster University in Canada, he became a pioneer of Chinese language television programming in his adopted country, establishing Canada’s first national Chinese language television station. He later lived in China for two decades working in the broadcast and telecommunications technologies industry. During that period, he witnessed the country’s meteoric rise. Since retiring recently, he has decided to share his life experience by writing blogs, and he has written a science fiction novel “The Unconquered” which takes the reader across the entire history of China.