At the end of the day for all the excitement and hilarity this is tragic.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

The fact that a man like Donald Trump could become president reveals a lot about our nation, none of it good. The Electoral College was supposed to save us from an unfit president. In a cruel twist of fate it paved the way for one.

[femmocrat]

1. If only these scandals had come out a year ago.

We could have been spared the past 6 months of him and his toxic family and associates.

A lot of this stuff was in print a year ago.... I remember reading about Manafort, Bannon, money-laundering, Atlantic city mafia ties, the Kushners, etc. last summer. But you know... Hillary's emails dominated the news coverage.

Everyone who could have prevented this ---the GOP, the press, the electoral college--- all of them are complicit, IMO.

[dalton99a]

3. Yep. Putin's bots drowned them out with Hillary fake news in social media

[JohnnyLib2]

2. So true.

And such a tragic lost possibility.

[wishstar]

4. Terrible harm is being done by his administration, causing anxiety and misery

But his supporters continue defending him and in denial with no concerns over the effect his travel ban, immigration crackdowns and budget and health care cuts will have, even though it seems inevitable that million of Americans will be adversely affected

Even if he resigns, we will be stuck with a Repub with same harmful right wing agenda in WH for years.

We can only hope their incompetence slows down their harmful agenda

[Maven]

5. This post is so pithy and so true

Well said.

[NCTraveler]

6. Very well stated. Nt

[Warren DeMontague]

7. All the Electoral College does is preserve- along with the Senate- the power of RW rural voters

to lord it over the majority of us who live in cities and on the coasts.

[BadgerMom]

10. Exactly

[Duppers]

8. "reveals a lot about our nation"

That's what I've been saying to friends.

[SonofDonald]

9. Electoral college replacement?

An independent commission to look at suitabity or at least mental health interviews ahead of time.

I'd say prevent anyone with zero govt experience or non-successful business background?, they should be good at what they do, you still want to include people that want the job and not make it so only the certain elite can be president but it's just so huge and complicated these days.

Then again you could argue 45 is successful (kinda, sorta) and look what we got.

For better minds than I to figure out.

[Thekaspervote]

11. Agreed!

[B Stieg]

12. Democracy is messy!

[The Wizard]

13. Trump sees the world through the prism

of a cheesy reality TV show actor and someone who goes bankrupt leaving thousands of victims in his wake.

[mcar]

14. It was all out there

HRC told us. We, as a nation, at least enough of us, chose to not listen.

[Martin Eden]

15. I thought I would never be more ashamed of my country ...

... than when GW invaded Iraq on a pack of lies then got a 2nd term.

Well, I was wrong. This lowers the bar and our national honor even further.