Weeping, Wailing and Gnashing of teeth

Imagine how Zelensky is feeling right now.

I am in shock and have fear not only for you in the US, but also for the security and future of Europe. With orange man in Putin’s pocket and his threat to pull out of NATO, things could get very bleak in Ukraine and beyond.

I expected him to win - hoped he wouldn't. I definitely didn't expect the results to be this bad. I was determined to be prepared for today if he won so I'm not as distraught as 2016. However, it's a lot easier to see what is coming because unlike half the country I remember his first term. With a term limit, likely both chambers being Republican, the Supreme Court handing him almost unchecked power, a non-sensical economic and deportation planned sure to send us into a recession, and likely no one in Washington willing to be a voice of reason, the future is surely frightening.

Unbelievable that the majority voted for an almost 80 year old felon with dementia.  What happened to this country?  Do people not remember the 4 years he was President, I certainly do

can't even hope he dies anymore because Vance.

I’m just sick about this. (Understatement of the millennium).

I know I’ll be okay - white, homeowner, good job etc. but I’ve never been okay with the “get mine, screw everyone else” attitude. This is going to be a terrible 4 years.

BUT maybe this is what the country needs to wake the f**k up. There’s no reasoning with his followers but when they start to suffer or get poorer, whatever, maybe we can climb out of this hole in four years.

Jesus that feels like a lifetime.

Yep.

Deeply scared for my medical. Affordable Care Act is what I have and only option I have. And multiple medical issues. And just got disability in Sept..

So many concerns I can't even type

This has just appeared on my FB feed. It's apparently a Turkish proverb and very true, given the circumstances:

“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king, the palace becomes a circus.”

I am petty enough that I will take a few years of pain if it means his followers do too (not that I have a choice it's coming). I still can't believe the Pro Palestine protest vote or the people who voted that see Trump as Pro Israel.

Even if voters wake up, if he even does half of what he said he will it will be much longer than four years to get things back to where they are now. If ever.

The National Holocaust museum has a section about Hitler's rise to power and damned if we aren't trying to repeat it here. 

I believe this is the beginning of the end of our democracy. Hubby and I will be having real conversations in the coming days about how we can get out. The biggest obstacle is our house. We already have a meeting scheduled with our financial planner; discussions about minimizing our exposure in the stock market will certainly be happening.

I went to bed oblivious, and woke up to this?

My first thought was he cheated. I can't believe that many American's listened to that pile of crap and voted for him.  I hope you are a white Christian dude America because otherwise...

Great job, America 

Sadly, I think I am going to have to do a 'turtle' for quite a while until my horror turns to numbness... immerse myself in my sewing, x-stitching, read a LOT of books, and do very little - if any - social media reading/watching. The first 4 years were bad enough for me, and my relationship with my DH. I know that's not the best way to handle it, but mental health survival and all...