I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I gave it to you
straight last summer when I told you that Donald Trump would be the
Republican nominee for president. And now I have even more awful,
depressing news for you: Donald J. Trump is going to win in November.
This wretched, ignorant, dangerous part-time clown and full time
sociopath is going to be our next president. President Trump. Go ahead
and say the words, ‘cause you’ll be saying them for the next four years:
“PRESIDENT TRUMP.”
Never in my life have I wanted to be proven wrong more than I do right now.
I can see what you’re doing right now. You’re shaking your head
wildly – “No, Mike, this won’t happen!” Unfortunately, you are living in
a bubble that comes with an adjoining echo chamber where you and your
friends are convinced the American people are not going to elect an
idiot for president. You alternate between being appalled at him and
laughing at him because of his latest crazy comment or his
embarrassingly narcissistic stance on everything because everything is
about him. And then you listen to Hillary and you behold our very first
female president, someone the world respects, someone who is whip-smart
and cares about kids, who will continue the Obama legacy because that is what the American people clearly want! Yes! Four more years of this!
You need to exit that bubble right now. You need to stop living in
denial and face the truth which you know deep down is very, very real.
Trying to soothe yourself with the facts – “77% of the electorate are women, people of color, young adults under 35 and Trump cant win a majority of any of them!” – or logic – “people aren’t going to vote for a buffoon or against their own best interests!” –
is your brain’s way of trying to protect you from trauma. Like when you
hear a loud noise on the street and you think, “oh, a tire just blew
out,” or, “wow, who’s playing with firecrackers?” because you don’t want
to think you just heard someone being shot with a gun. It’s the same
reason why all the initial news and eyewitness reports on 9/11 said “a small plane accidentally flew into the World Trade Center.” We want to – we need to –
hope for the best because, frankly, life is already a shit show and
it’s hard enough struggling to get by from paycheck to paycheck. We
can’t handle much more bad news. So our mental state goes to default
when something scary is actually, truly happening. The first people
plowed down by the truck in Nice spent their final moments on earth
waving at the driver whom they thought had simply lost control of his
truck, trying to tell him that he jumped the curb: “Watch out!,” they
shouted. “There are people on the sidewalk!”
Well, folks, this isn’t an accident. It is happening. And if you
believe Hillary Clinton is going to beat Trump with facts and smarts and
logic, then you obviously missed the past year of 56 primaries and
caucuses where 16 Republican candidates tried that and every kitchen
sink they could throw at Trump and nothing could stop his
juggernaut. As of today, as things stand now, I believe this is going to
happen – and in order to deal with it, I need you first to acknowledge
it, and then maybe, just maybe, we can find a way out of the mess we’re
in.
Don’t get me wrong. I have great hope for the country I live in. Things are
better. The left has won the cultural wars. Gays and lesbians can get
married. A majority of Americans now take the liberal position on just
about every polling question posed to them: Equal pay for women – check.
Abortion should be legal – check. Stronger environmental laws – check.
More gun control – check. Legalize marijuana – check. A huge shift has
taken place – just ask the socialist who won 22 states this year. And
there is no doubt in my mind that if people could vote from their couch
at home on their X-box or PlayStation, Hillary would win in a landslide.
But that is not how it works in America. People have to leave the
house and get in line to vote. And if they live in poor, Black or
Hispanic neighborhoods, they not only have a longer line to wait in,
everything is being done to literally stop them from casting a ballot.
So in most elections it’s hard to get even 50% to turn out to vote. And
therein lies the problem for November – who is going to have the most
motivated, most inspired voters show up to vote? You know the
answer to this question. Who’s the candidate with the most rabid
supporters? Whose crazed fans are going to be up at 5 AM on Election
Day, kicking ass all day long, all the way until the last polling place
has closed, making sure every Tom, Dick and Harry (and Bob and Joe and
Billy Bob and Billy Joe and Billy Bob Joe) has cast his ballot? That’s
right. That’s the high level of danger we’re in. And don’t fool yourself
— no amount of compelling Hillary TV ads, or outfacting him in the
debates or Libertarians siphoning votes away from Trump is going to stop
his mojo.
Here are the 5 reasons Trump is going to win:................................
