am looking at this from over here in Germany. American politics gets reduced in the end to only a few issues: pro-life or pro-choice, gun laws, and establishment vs. anti-establishment. Political categories are so wishy washy and intermingled with what is termed 'liberal' and 'conservative' that one forgets what they actually mean. of course, not everybody who voted for Trump is sexist or a racist, but, on some level, they didn't care if he is. He knew how to gather momentum with the discourse he chose, and, even if he changes his tone, he has let loose a storm. We will brace ourselves over here for Putin's eventual takeover of the Baltic States. Putin has extended his power back into Republic of Georgia, the Crimea, and Armenia. Trump has