Probably how I feel - there was really no good candidate (and there never really is). Democracy doesn't really exist any longer in the USA, and the USA ensures that democracy is rare in the rest of the world.
I completely agree with this video that Hillary represents 'status quo' - and status quo is incredibly frightening when you see what is going on around the world due to US foreign policy.
Trump to me represents 'chaos'. It represents and unabashed misplaced irrational blame on what plagues the USA domestically at immigrants (illegal or not) and minorities in general, when the truth really lies at the feet of the rich people in charge of the USA for the last 'x' amount of years, irrespective of which party is in charge (which is part of the reason I say democracy has been long dead in the USA).
Hillary represented a more unified US domestically, but more than likely much more of a war monger (don't let the shield of the Democrats fool you) and would continue to be the world's largest exporter of terror.
Trump represents an increasing destabilization of the US domestically, but POTENTIALLY (and I have absolutely no faith other than the slightest and faintest glimmer here) of a reduction in world-wide terror and hopefully the start to a reversal of the new cold war (including Russia and China).
In the end, neither candidate should have been elected. It may not really matter anyways, as regardless of party lines there is only so much that a president can do when elected, contrary to popular opinion.
If you were to ask me who I prefer, I would have told you that neither of these candidates are fit to run a country, and that in the end they will cause the mass murder of people all over the world, including in their own nation. I dislike both parties, and democracy in the USA is nothing more than a facade in this poster's opinion.
At this point in time, we just have to hope for the best.
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