TRUMP TRUMPS DETRACTORS, MAKES HISTORY

As expected, the Americans have chosen a President, who is like most of them, and someone whose persona has not been cultivated or nurtured by the Washington lobbyists and the establishment.

- PANKAJ VOHRA

Donald Trump is the closest to what an average American is and reflects the aspirations of his people. He is not robotic in his speeches and brings in a certain kind of originality which is missing from his opponents.

Like Ronald Reagan before him, he is "an outsider" to the ways and methods of Washington and therefore brings in freshness which is neither cosmetic nor contrived nor acquired. He is what he is and his personality has been shaped by his own thinking and not by those around him.

Thus, when he speaks, he is relating to the average American in a way, none of his contemporaries has done. Most American presidents since the end of World War Two have been educated in either the Ivy League universities or have spent considerable time in DC, learning the ropes and honing their political skills.

Trump is his own man, and it would not be surprising that in his second term, he could usher in a new political order in Washington, thereby showing the door to many who have made their living by perfecting the art of manipulating the system.

His detractors have described him as a convicted felon who has made it to the top office, but if he is now the President, it is because the people have accepted him for what he is and believe that he is more transparent and straight in his dealings as compared to those who are critical of him.

Democracy has its ways of setting things right and amongst the various factors like inflation, unemployment, and attempts to change the cultural narrative, Trump's landslide victory is because of his own personality and self-belief.