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A row of giant golden pigs in Chicago is capturing attentions of passersby. The balloons are floating midair in front of the facade of the Trump Tower Chicago. Perhaps, this bold visual art will arouse American people’s mixed feelings and attitudes towards this year’s presidential election and president-elect Donald Trump. Its eye-catching golden color may also herald that Trump will usher in his “golden age”.
In 2006, Man of the Year, a political comedy-drama film acted by Robin Williams became a hit. In the film, Tom Dobbs, a comedian of a satirical talk show was encouraged to run the presidential election. People pooh-poohed Tom Dobbs and treated him as the butt of joke. However, with his comedian mode and showman persona, Tom thoroughly shook up political landscape and won the election.
A decade later, Donald Trump made the drama become a reality. As a political outsider, Trump challenged the political correctness, advocated anti-establishment and argued heatedly with the mainstream media. Eventually, the political rookie won the victory and became the 45th president of the United States.
After his winning, Trump was named TIME’s Person of the Year 2016. Though doubt and criticism over him are frequently heard, Trump is delighted with his triumph.
In many Americans’ perspective, Trump’s road to the White House, seems to predict the splits and divergences have emerged in the States. The class differentiation becomes more obvious, while the gap between the poor and the rich being consistently widening.
Trump’s election strategy is characterized by “counter-tradition” and “heterodoxy”. Different from his rivals, Trump makes great efforts to get supports from voters, who seldom engage in the presidential election. Since these voters are usually manual laborers with limited education, even Trump’s campaign were not optimistic about this strategy. However, “the disadvantaged” helped Trump defeat other seasoned politicians, including the former Secretary of the State, Hillary Clinton.
This election strategy is dubbed as “Trumpism”. According to Newt Gringrich, the adviser of Trump’s campaign, the essence of “Trumpism” is to believe the masses, resort to them and improve their wellbeing. American historian George Nash said that the “Trumpism” actually stress to find out solutions for issues like economic stagnation, terrorism and immigration, which those elite politicians are unwilling and incapable to resolve.
Unavoidably, Trump is always compared with the 40th president Ronald Reagan, a Hollywood star who transformed himself from a political outsider to a successful president. People wonder whether Trump’s transformation will be as successful as Reagan’s. Besides, people also wonder whether Trump, a billionaire, can really strive for the interests and rights of the blue-collar workers.
Various doubts and questions expose a fact that most Americans do not have confidence and trust in Trump’s presidency. As a businessman, Trump has attained great achievements. Perhaps, his characters and personality forged in the commercial world will give him a hand in his tenure. Diligence and toughness, which assist him become a commercial tycoon, might influence Trump’s political career as well. Though living under an established routine, Trump is not a slave to the convention. In his view, convention will constrict people’s imagination and prevent them from making the right judgment. “Unconventional” and “unrestrained” have become his label, which are also magnified and overstated on his way to the White House.
At present, it seems that, because of Donald Trump, both U.S. and the world are at a turning point. No one knows whether Trump will make America great again or not; No one knows whether Trump will thoroughly shake up the global political landscape or not. It is full of possibility as well as uncertainty.
Just as the magazine TIME says “Because of Donald Trump, whatever happens next, it will never be like it was before.”
