All along I felt a Trump victory was on the cards because I saw the connection to Brexit and Corbyn. People across the western capitalist system are angry because it has favoured the minority at the expense of the majority. Given a chance to vote against the political, ruling and financial establishments they will do so. But I lacked the courage and although regular visitors to this blog will know that I dropped hints, I did not commit. Perhaps I should have had the courage of my instinct; conviction would be too strong a word.
The Trump victory is a signal that real and profound change is coming. Exactly what that will be is not yet defined, but Globalization is in for, at the very least, a significant tweak. It is too early to say more than that. There is good news. As we in the UK flounder ever deeper in a Brexit quagmire, we may discover to our surprise, an unlikely friend who offers from the New World an unexpected helping hand. The ‘go to the back of the queue‘ days are well and truly over. That must bring some cheer to Downing Street, now under siege from almost every quarter.