America's New President

Time sure has flew since I have last been on here, and ALOT has changed. One being Donald Trump is now our nations President. And along with this impending onslaught we have Mike Pence as Vice President. My question for America is why? Why would a country that have up until recently, made better political strides, throw us 100 steps back?  I can offer a few obvious reasons. Our Nation is founded on racism and bigotry. Of less than half of America's population, 63 percent of his votes were white males and 53 white women. Our country seems to be under the impression that racism is no longer an issue. Well, seeing as Donald Trump is our 45th President I would beg to differ. His entire candidacy was a sad screaming match. Whenever called out by the the other candidates he would resort to bullying. Although some saw this as a red flag, Trumpets said he was "joking", or "he didn't really mean it". We sat back and watched as Trump made fun of a disabled journalist, make racist statements about minorities, victim blame rape survivors, make misogynist remarks, talk about grabbing a woman's pussy, etc,.. Still to his supporters, it was never really his fault, always a brush off the shoulder. To them he was their savior from what they considered a corrupt system. Donald Trump was going to Make America Great Again... But to what exactly? What part of our history does Trump and his supporters consider great? Historically speaking, this country had enslaved, discriminated against, and done even worse to a plethora of minority groups, women and the poor. Yet they still maintained a strong belief that those times were better. Taking the rights away of those whose predecessors have fought long and hard for their human rights will not not make this place great. It will however allow us to watch as the country buries it's self into a whole so deep, it will take generations to dig ourselves out. That is a disheartening fact...