If you woke up at around GMT+0 to start your day, were you also stroke by a sudden need to check if there is any other public vote projected in the next 6-12 months in a country or some other sovereign entity which just may have an impact beyond its borders?
Brexit was exciting. The US elections, presidential and otherwise, were shocking. The two events in sequence are earthmoving.
From a foreigners perspective it's not no so much about what or whom a national and uncertain population democratically chose for over a foreseeable timeline, but rather how much off "we all" were in all our positivism, polls and predictions. And this in a world which supposedly is more on top of individual intent than it has ever been, wherein we would think the US population to be the most interconnected and analitically monitored in a relatively genuine and transparent manner.
So here they go again, the politic, historic, economic and demographic analysts revisiting formulas, statistics and other big data, attempting to get into the minds of poor, rich, (un-)educated, obese, drugged or healthy (un-)employed, religious or atheist, (fe-)male blacks, hispanics, whites ..... to just maybe find that people have more in common if they would only halt in persisting on traditional profiling.
And that common good is very likely to be found in levels of frustration, not so much towards immigration, terrorism or world economics but towards the political establishment.
The people that chanted the loudest in the last few days to call upon a vote for Secretary Clinton, along with politically coloured correspondents and community leaders with organised communication channels, are generally people that depend on acts of government the least.
DJ Trump, on the other hand, has been choosing to play the tune of the forgotten man and elections results indicate that those men and women had their hope to be remembered, re-freshed and re-instated with promises to re-build and re-new America.
Mr Trump, over-focussed on the domestic dream, never intended to be amongst pioneers to change present day world politics, but he has now already been caught in the act. Stubborn established politicians anywhere, democratically appointed or not, will inevitably be taken lessons from how a masses can surprisingly move a nations destiny.
Let's face it, the majority of people are concerned most of their time with what happens in their home, streets, schools and industries and that places them in a sphere of indifference to what happens (to other people) in another city or country (unless their acquaintances are deployed there in a military uniform).
Personally I do not embrace life this way, but that's because I generally do not need to and am fortunate enough to be able to spend my share of time, thought and money towards whom I sense tends to be too forgotten. Not out of pity but in the hope those people may one day also find themselves willing and able to look beyond their immediate and legitimate self-interests.
I do not blame governments for their ignorance but do get upset with the time and money hard learning politicians over spend on over complicating issues that just should not appear on any political agenda in the first place.
Domestically I will give Mr Trump the benefit of the doubt to move policy making back to the basics it never should have departed from allowing private enterprise and endeavours to get back into the drivers seat.
Internationally ... oh well, each time Mr Trump turns his back to ascertain domestic interests, at least all those ethical, moral and visionary political leaders around the world will have an opportunity to observe some nice piece of ass whenever they eagerly meet the Trump family.
