Thirty-three days to Donald Trump 47th president

Expectation, fear, anxiety, alarm, curiosity, depression, resignation, hope. All the emotions present among Americans and the rest of us as the inauguration of Donald Trump as the next president of the US approaches fast. It's, I think, an unprecedented moment in history. The first timne Trump won the presidenial election in 2016, no one quite bvelieved it had happened, so the same emotions didn't apply. This is different, the US and the world has had two years to consider and plan for the possibility of a second Trump term and it became inevitable that he would win, even when Joe Biden stepped down and the new nominee, Kamala Harris, burst onto the scene with her engaging smile and laugh. But she never really looked like she was going to beat Trump. And sure enough, she was pushed to one side by the big man. But that's why, now, there is so much anticipation and worry about what Trump is going to do. He has told us a million times what he plans to do, to be fair, but will he do it all and will any of it be successful? The first thing he has to do is sort out the growing threat from Vladimir Putin. People here in the UK are talking openly about the urgent need to prepare for war with Russia in the next few years. If Trump thinks he can end the war in Ukraine as soon as he takes office, then he must go one step further and stop Putin from contemplating a war with Europe. Kamala Harris woulnd't have been strong enbough to stop Putin in his tracks, but it's just possible Trump could and will. Let us all hope his bold words are followed up by real action.