Feelings aside, what would be the difference?

[Tonus]

I can tell you right now how much effort Trump will put into job and economic growth, nada. He's wedded to the supply side, trickle down bullshittery that the Chicago school have been peddling to governments since the CIA shot Allende and installed Pinochet.

That's why I think we could see a short-term boost in the economy and the markets. If the belief among big business is that his administration --and Republican leadership in various states-- will be willing to offer tax breaks and subsidies, they'll sign up and things will go well for a short time. But I think the markets are overdue for a modest correction that will become less modest the longer it takes to happen, and the job growth of the last few years could stall if the correction turns out to be a recession. I'm hopeful that the fed will approve an interest rate hike this month, even though it might be what starts the market into a downswing.

My main long-term concern with Trump is how his SCOTUS picks will affect us. I don't think he'll work to strip rights from Americans, at least not on the level many people are afraid that he will. And he doesn't seem interested in rolling back human/civil rights in any case. To the extent that he does damage in that area, it depends on how hard the Republicans are able to twist his arm. Overall, I think he'll do less damage than feared, which is typical for US presidents (remember that conservatives were certain that Obama was the one who would strip away our rights and establish a leftist dictatorship). But the extreme right will not need him if the high court ends up with a 6-3 conservative majority. They can wait for the time and circumstances to be ideal and they will look for cases they can bring to the SC to try to force creationism into schools and repeal gay marriage and pot legalization and abortion and any number of issues that they feel are leading to "the decline of the USA."