It'll make a significant difference who takes the Presidency. We shouldn't confuse the character, intentions and abilities of the candidates with the broader social dynamics in contention behind them.
The US administration's already fairly powerless to enact good and far-reaching policy, but the kinds of forces on the move in broader US society will be considerably altered by a Trump victory.
We've just come through a far less polarised election over here, but with similar victimologist white, nationalist racist elements in the mix, and their right wing talking points have dominated public dialogue completely since the result.
Whoever wins in the US, many of the claims and demands that have had a certain shock value during this campaign will be normalised during the next Presidential term. A Trump Presidency will see that process go further and faster.
