Emotional rhetoric is not uncommon during and immediately after presidential elections. In the election of 1800 Thomas Jefferson called John Adams King John I and Adams said if Jefferson is elected to be the president the Devil will really run this country. And that rhetoric was from two Revolutionary War veterans who worked together to write the Declaration of Independence.
There was much concern about Barak Obama. For example, note how a discussion about the display of the US flag turned into emotional rhetoric about the legitimacy of the president-elect Senator Obama in 2008.
The day after Donald Trump takes the oath of office countless Americans will march in protest under the umbrellic "Women's March." Speeches will surely follow. Surely protests will continue for the next four years just as protests against the Obama presidency dogged him.
My students asked me about what the next four years will look like. I said I'm a historian, not a futurist.
As an American citizen, a disabled veteran, and a one-time member of the US intelligence committee, I have my opinions on what lays ahead. As a historian, ask me in 2020 and I'll have a better idea on how the presidency of Donald Trump affected this country.
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