This election, like all of them, was more about personality than issues. But to the extent it was about issues at all, it wasn't about the economy. Trump barely even discussed the economy this past month. It was about immigrants and transexuals. Because half the country thinks they need a strongman to protect them from these groups they fear and hate.
As developing nations go, we are a rather backward, ill educated people. Those who do not have much contact with such people in their daily lives may find this shocking. Those of us who do are unsurprised.
We are getting exactly what we deserve. America is an embarrassment, a disgrace. We have been for a while now. The only reason I remain is because of family. But when my mother passes I'm going to find a way to leave and never look back.
It's sad, really. There was a time I was proud to be an American and proud of America, warts and all. That is a distant memory.