Yes, Trump is terrible. But if there's a silver lining, it's a chance for progressives to reflect on what they got wrong | Simon Jenkins

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

73% : This time, support for Trump was far stronger among minority groups.
69% : Trump has to deliver on his promise to them.
66% : Trump was elected largely because a majority of Americans took a liking to him as a person.
66% : That is the opportunity Trump has so generously offered.
57% : The fact that 56% of non-graduates supported Trump suggests a strident voice from well outside the liberal camp.
44% : Instead, Trump will have to talk to Mexico and the rest of Latin America on border policing, as Britain must talk with the rest of Europe.
38% : The essence of Trump is that he is not a politician but an egotistical wheeler-dealer.
37% : In short, Trump has shown a refreshing rejection of the myth cited by so many presidents of the US as "the city upon a hill", the saviour of all mankind.
30% : Trump is said by his friends to be aware of the mistakes he made last time round.
27% : Certainly, Washington's bureaucracy is beyond comprehension, and Trump is right to seek its correction, if only at the hands of Elon Musk.
27% : Whatever extreme remarks Trump has made in the past, he is entitled to ask how long Europe expects US taxpayers to bear the cost of deterring putative Russian aggression.
27% : Trump might even "make America small again".

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