The thing is this is worth talking about because on the face of it it's a very big step backwards and will empower similarly narrow minded people in NZ to think they are in the right. I'm also paid in US$ so his policies have a real effect on me.
A few points:
- He is a climate change denier, that is insane in this day and age he wants to restart the mining industry which is going to fudge everyone.
- He wants to make torture legal.
- People under him will feel empowered to be bigoted against people who have a differing sexuality or religion.
- Most likely he will try and legislate marijuana usage on a federal level.
- He is against firearm reforms.
- He claims he's going to bring jobs back to America, the problem is that is not financially viable, in fact job losses are going to accelerate massively. Jobs in the manufacturing sector have been lost, the next job losses will be in the transport and logistics sector. The only way to bring these jobs back is to put in place massive protectionism and subsidies and this has never worked.
Instead of fighting the inevitable by trying to maintain an unsustainable status quo countries should be working towards a world of sustainable energy and universal income because Automation means that no job is safe. If you fight it the ultimate fall is going to be that much harder.
His policies are harmful, counter productive, and frankly insane.