Known as the sloppiest, most vulgar election, the 2016 presidential election had us at the edge of our seat biting our nails as the future of America was placed in the hands of a 71 year-old who acts no better than a child. A year later, talk of the election has not ceased to exist.
The never-ending investigation against Russia allegedly helping Trump during the election continues; Hillary hasn’t dropped the fact she lost and has also written a book about the campaigning; and huge platforms haven’t stopped talking about politics in award shows.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been convicted of attempting to influence the campaign with propagandas and leaks. These were made to damage Clinton’s campaign and excel Donald Trump’s base. U.S. officials have known of Russia’s help since August of 2016. The CIA, NSA, and FBI have said the Russian government’s efforts undermined “public faith in the U.S. democratic process… and harmed [Hillary Clinton’s] electability and potential presidency.”
The interferences made were towards the hacking of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee. Facebook has revealed that an “inauthentic [Russian] accounts and pages” paid them to publish ads on Facebook from June 2015 to May 2017. After all of these allegations, Russian officials have repeatedly denied the accusations.
On September 12, 2017 Hillary Clinton released her memoir: “What Happened.” In the eyes of Hillary, Trump wants to be like Putin: “a white authoritarian leader who could put down dissenters, repress minorities, disenfranchise voters, weaken the press, and amass untold billions for himself.”
Clinton, nonetheless, blames sexism for her loss. Her supporters strongly agree that the fact that she is a woman caused a lack of trust and authenticity of her presidential standard. Hillary’s memoir is a dreaded reminder of her loss.
“When I said, ‘You could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables,’ I was talking about well-documented reality,” she writes, going on to cite a survey that around half of white Republicans were racist toward blacks. Releasing it 10 months after Trump’s win shows she “regrets handing Trump a political gift with my ‘deplorables’ comment.”
During the Emmy’s 69th award show, Stephen Colbert and Sean Spicer brought controversial views based on the Presidential election. Colbert opened up the show with the expected talk of politics, but the audience was shocked by Sean Spicer’s guest appearance.
“This was the largest audience to witness the Emmy’s period–both in person and around the world,” says Spicer towards Trump. Sparking a humorous reaction amongst the crowd, it spilled as he was making fun of Trump’s inauguration crowd speech, which Trump boasted on Twitter to be the largest inauguration crowd ever.
We’re almost one year into the presidency and social media is still swirling with opinions of Trump’s win, which is still shocking to many. America, having yet to recover from the worst choice in a leader, sits back as nations continue to ask, “How’d you let him win?” Many still hope for a miraculous change in Trump, but as long as he has Twitter it seems like his reign of embarrassment on America’s name will continue.
