...the US people simply voted for change, they are as sick as the rest of us at the career politicians...

Holy crap, Trump won!! My first thoughts were of impending doom and gloom and then I thought "f*ck it, time to get on with things".
Elections are funny things, the implications are potentially massive, but the people that vote, vote for themselves and what they believe and in a democratic society and in the wider democratic community, we simply have to accept this and move on.
I am no fan of Trump, I dislike his misogynistic temperament and I am not sure if he is racist or not but he has gone out of his way to offend minority groups and that offends me. Having said that, he has also spoken some truths that have been picked apart into soundbites, the meanings, sometimes sensible, lost to a tabloid headline. I would've voted Clinton, not because I have any affinity for her but because she is a "kind of" known quantity, she would keep the US on it's current stable course but then they reported on the radio this morning that US wages, on a whole, are less than they were 17 years ago. Bush and Obama have had two full terms each, and the wages for the average US worker has decreased in real terms to a 17 year low, given that, if I was a US worker and had a choice for voting for the status quo or a change, I know where I would have voted.

After the event is a time for analysis and not a time for doom and gloom because it is time to move forward. The speculation by the press is always geared towards the end of civilization as we know it and that may not be a bad thing but they need to temper this with the positive speculation on what could happen that could benefit people. Negativity is a terrible tool in the hands of the press, they cause fear and hatred at a time when people need comfort and a friendly voice but unfortunately, they never seem to stop running things down. We see it in the UK with the Brexit vote, we still have negative campaigning on the part of the press and the BBC seem to be the biggest offender. I was hoping we could have some unity yet the press still cause divisions. I hope the US learns from the UK on this and slaps down the negativity of the tabloids.

We vote in elections for a selected number of candidates that are chosen by other people. There is usually a choice of A, B or C and the US public chose D, they went off script and no-one saw this coming.
What needs to happen now is that people need to learn from Brexit, the fighting and the trash talk has to stop, the headlines need to support the democratic decision and the world needs to recognise that the US people simply voted for change, they are as sick as the rest of us at the career politicians that seem to implement policies that only benefit big business, the already rich and their family and friends. The insults need to stop, the crying whinging of those that feel cheated because they lost, has to stop, they need to get on with their lives and make the best of what comes next. This is democracy and it isn't personal, it is the will of the people and just needs to be accepted.