Further complicating things is the fact that before even taking office, President-elect Trump is already doubling back on core campaign promises. He has said that he "has not thought much" about the investigation and prosecution of former Secretary of State and political rival Hillary Clinton, despite having said during a debate that he would do just that. There has also been talk of not completely repealing the Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as "Obamacare." One of the key issues that, arguably, won President-elect Trump this election was his position as an outsider to politics and promises to "drain the swamp." Since his November 8th victory, Trump has surrounded himself with a veritable who's who of the Republican establishment in cabinet picks.
With so much ire from all sides of the country, there is one feeling that many American's share:
"I feel like our collective p***y has been grabbed," says Alex Farmer of Rhode Island, "Even the people who voted for Trump are starting to wake up to the fact that he's f***ed them before he even got into office."
"I can't believe this," says Bonnie Malcomb of Omaha, Nebraska, "It's like he slipped us a roofie during the election. What we were seeing on November 8th is not what we've woken up to this week. I feel violated!"
"Now, maybe you'll listen to us," growls Irving Springhorn, a contractor that Donald Trump refused to pay for services. "But you just had to go and see for yourself first."
Adding to these allegations are statements made by other countries that Donald Trump has acted inappropriately toward them.
"His deal making strategies are all based around the idea that he gets more than whoever is doing business with him," says Chen Xi, of the People's Republic of China. "Did you not read his book? Of course he has acted inappropriately to your country. The man openly admitted to screwing over Muammar Gaddafi. He bragged about it."
"Mr. Trump has already made claims that he will take advantage of our country in terrible ways," says Enrique Peña Nieto, "He has dehumanized us in speech and because of that, he expects that the American public will be perfectly alright with his doing whatever he wants to us."
As the haze of liquor and self-recrimination lifts slowly from the United States, people are seeing Donald Trump's picture everywhere. Embarrassment is rife in the public. Democrats whose primary chose a controversial candidate under controversial circumstances, third party voters who did not vote for said controversial candidate, and even Republicans who expected something different are all asking themselves, "What did I do on November 8th? I... I... feel like something really bad happened to me, but I don't even know who to talk to about it."
