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Trump's presidential election victory has been met with shock across the nation. Particularly by Democrats of course, and their ordinarily reliable arm, the mainstream media. However, that’s not the case here, where his victory if not a certain expectation, was surely well within the realm of significant possibility.

While speculation regarding reasons for his triumph are offered by countless sources, two factors stand out as most highly probable. First, the level of disappointment with government was greatly underestimated by the MSM. And second, a major segment of the voting public existed outside the traditional party affiliation's which attained its input from a growing base of alternative sources.   

To that extent, in time Drudge and his website will likely be given credit for providing links to numerous information sources on a daily basis, from which huge troves of information became available to those choosing to pursue it. And, this writer certainly did so.

Then, there’s the Web itself which permits research on virtually  every subject imaginable. Including political information, theory and trends from all over the planet, adding significant perspective above and beyond what's found here at home. 

As far as Trump’s win itself is concerned, what seemed to resonate most with his constituents are his promises to scrap or overhaul many of Obama's signature initiatives, such as the health care tax, the climate change hoax and the Paris accord of 2015, and the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. 

Furthermore, in his victory speech, he said he had a “great economic plan,” would embark on a project to rebuild American infrastructure and would double U.S. economic growth. All of which resounded quite well with an electorate that felt itself completely overlooked and abandoned by DC insiders and elitists  for the past ten years or more.  

On a foreign policy note, Jay Akbar @dailymail.co.uk writes that: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on his election as US president on Wednesday and called him 'a true friend of the state of Israel'. 

'I look forward to working with him to advance security, stability and peace in our region,' Israeli leader Netanyahu said in a statement. 

“He went on: 'The ironclad bond between the United States and Israel is rooted in shared values, buttressed by shared interests and driven by a shared destiny. 

'I am confident that president-elect Trump and I will continue to strengthen the unique alliance between our two countries and bring it to ever greater heights.' 

“Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who heads the hardline Jewish Home party, said Trump's victory eradicated the idea of a Palestinian state. 

“He said the unprecedented win was an 'opportunity for Israel to immediately retract the notion of a Palestinian state in the centre of the country, which would hurt our security and just cause'. 

“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that he hopes 'peace will be achieved' during Trump's term.” 

Which means that moves in the right direction have already begun. 

And then, one of the best summary’s regarding Bill Clinton’s wife’s loss came from Michael Goodwin @nypost.com, this morning and serves as today’s update on her.  

“A month ago, it looked as if Obama would pick his successor and bury Trump in a humiliating landslide. Yet today, Trump is the president-elect and the Obama legacy is in shambles. 

“As for Hillary Clinton, she didn’t deserve to be president, despite wanting it more than life itself. 

“She had no rationale for running, was so ethically challenged and so patently dishonest that, to me, it would be a give-up if she became president. 

“She would have made history and ruined the country. That was too high a price for shattering the glass ceiling. 

“Beyond Clinton, Obama and George Soros, Hollywood and the media, the losers include political correctness, that disease of the spirit that saps confidence in one’s own values and success. 

“Most important, Trump pledged to make America strong again, and if he does, he will be a success.” 

While Mr. Goodwin’s summation’s are as profound and correct as can be expected to be available, much if not all of what he wrote was quite well known before the Democrat party chose her as its presidential candidate. Which is why for quite a long time now these daily entry’s have ended with the repeating question: Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Jerry Brown, and Starbucks chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz are you guys reading this?  

However, it’s obvious that they either weren’t reading the query, ignored it, or simply didn’t care. For which we should all be grateful. Because if one of them had actually decided to enter the contest, it might have turned out very differently for Trump and the rest of us. 

And then, a friend just sent this one: 

 

That's it for today folks.

      

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