Yes, he’s odious, repulsive and, in many ways, ludicrous. The white eyes in an ocean of orange spray tan, the crazy hair, the big fat frame; none of this fits with our Hollywood ideal of a US President. His lewd phallic gestures with a microphone during the closing stages of his campaign were beyond parody.
But he won. He won clean, fair and decisively. On both the popular poll and critical stash of votes in the electoral college there was no doubt about the outcome. And whether we like it or not, US voters knew what he was and what he was offering them. This was not a vote against a clapped out, partially senile sitting President, nor indeed a rejection of Kamala Harris who rose to the challenge belatedly presented to her, magnificently. This was a pro-active endorsement of Donald Trump in all his crude, red blooded fury.
