Column: Trump wins and it's a dark night for America's soul [View all]

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https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-11-06/trump-elected-president-america-dark-night-the-soul

Donald Trump is president-elect of the United States after arguably the most stunning political comeback in America history.
Politically, we live in volatile times, and that makes the hair-trigger Trump a perfect totem for our unpredictable age.
A convicted felon and adjudicated sex offender is returning to the White House.

A candidate who spoke of using the military against political foes and called for the summary execution of his critics will again be commander in chief.

A 78-year-old man, at sea, who prattled on about Hannibal Lecter and Pavarotti and the size of Arnold Palmer’s penis will once more control the country’s nuclear codes, and with them the fate of all humanity.

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The soul of America, on this November day of our Lord, is a dark and foreboding place. A place where the better angels of our nature have been outmatched by the dark impulses of hatred and fear.

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What is immediately clear is that Trump’s victory was a reward for bad behavior at such a high level that — as the braggadocious Trump might put it — no one has ever seen anything like it.

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Soon enough it will come time for Trump, a superlative self-promoter and indifferent executive, to deliver on his many extravagant promises.