With reference to "Will it be Clinton or Trump?" (May 9), for the US, 2008 will remain a milestone year. First, its economy was mauled by the same capitalism that had raised it to a pinnacle. Second, Barack Obama rose to become the first ever non-white president. His era did not herald a post-racial America as much as it did a racialised one, where millions of whites came to be as anxious about their racial status as their economic one. Donald Trump wrote a script to suit the scene. He tilts at the very free-flowing capitalism that helped him amass wealth. He then leverages the slow economic recovery post-2008 to blame a swathe of immigrants to fan sentiments of a white middle class that has been losing ground for long with few jobs for people without college degrees. If an Obama could occur in 2008, a Trump could well follow in 2016. Perhaps the saving grace for the US and other nations is that Trump was not around in 2008.
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