Why Trump supporters in for a world of surprises

November 11, 2016 00:53

A string of cliches, which drew upon bigoted tropes, racist imagery and xenophobic rhetoric, characterised Donald Trump's campaign. Worse still, he proffered a string of simplistic solutions to complex problems of public policy ranging from issues of illegal immigration to global trade.

Sadly, these gestures and nods appealed to a significant segment of the American electorate, sufficient to enable him to secure a victory through the Electoral College though not the popular vote.

Trump's election has validated the sentiments of a section of the American electorate that is profoundly anti-intellectual and refuses to grasp the complexity of the issues that have altered their once-familiar milieus.

However, the proposed solutions that he highlighted in the campaign and that have catapulted him into office will soon prove to be little more than hollow promises.

For those who put their stock in him, a very painful awakening awaits.

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