This morning, the world woke up to the crackling sounds of a dashing dream: the dream of a first female president ruling the United States of America has come to a grinding halt (at least for the next few years).
Indeed, the American dream morphed into a petrifying nightmare for political purists as Donald Trump was announced as the official successor to President Barack Obama.
It is mind-bugling how America chose a candidate who has never held any elected office over the former first lady who made history by being the first female to become the presidential nominee of a major political party.
Trump’s congested catalogue of derogatory comments about blacks, foreigners and women seemed like a big hole that he had been digging for himself. As years went by, the hole seemed big enough to bury his political ambitions but the American business mogul had other plans for his “shovel”
Over the years, immigrants have found a place of solace in the United States: the nation has been identified as the land of opportunity because the nation is able to provide a variety of life options that are not at their disposal at home. Economic stability and educational resources has always been an attraction to millions of foreigners.
Currently, there are nearly 41 million immigrants living in the United States — and about 11.6 million of them are from Mexico, according to the Migration Policy Institute. It has also been estimated that there are currently about 300,000 Nigerians working, studying or doing business in different states of America.
Baring in mind, Trumps stance on foreigners, are we likely to witness a mass exodus under his regime? Is he likely to carry out some of the threats he made to foreigners during his campaign? are even legal immigrants at risk? Should Wole Soyinka tear his American green card and start packing up like he hilariously threatened? Do Black lives matter to him?
As the 45th US president basks in the glory of his latest achievement, the world still recovers from the shock. For Hispanics and Muslims who Trump has labeled as “murderers”, “rapists” and “bad hombres”- a new dawn begins.
Over the last few hours, many have predicted that the velocity of the audacious “Trump waves” is likely to aggressively force foreigners in the United States ‘offshore’ but then again many predicted that Trump wouldn’t win and see what happened……