Trump, an enigma.

Starting next Friday, the United States will have a new president: Donald Trump. There is enormous global expectation regarding his administration, as much of the planet's future will depend on him: if he fulfills what he promised in his radical campaign speeches, there is no doubt that the world will be at serious risk. The image he projected, contrasting with the apparent serenity of Barack Obama, is that of a madman who wouldn't hesitate to lead the globe into a new war. It is possible, however, that we are all mistaken, especially since after being elected Trump changed his tone, even hinting at the possibility of a closer relationship with Russia, which in a way would alleviate fears of dangerous tensions between the two largest powers on the planet. In truth, the Trump administration is still a great unknown, as he has not yet managed to win the trust of the rest of the world with his talk show host behavior. Sometimes he even seems like a young boy playing at being President.

Despite this initial impression from a distance, it's possible that the millionaire could surprise everyone and have a good administration, that is, if he manages to complete his entire term, since he will have great difficulty remaining in the White House, judging by the strong opposition, especially from the press, which has not spared him harsh criticism. His problems, in fact, began soon after the announcement of the election results that gave him victory, with accusations of fraud and Russian interference to favor him. Elected with a strongly nationalist discourse, a sensitive topic for American voters, Trump could be brought down precisely on the basis of nationalism. This is because his Democratic opponents began to raise suspicions about his relationship with the Russians, and President Barack Obama even maliciously said that he seems to trust the Russians more than the Americans. If the American press keeps harping on this point, as the Brazilian press did with the Workers' Party government, accusing him of corruption, Trump may not finish his term. He is being targeted by the same process that ousted Dilma from the Planalto Palace.

Democrat Hillary Clinton, surprisingly defeated by Trump, has since then acted exactly like the defeated candidate in the Brazilian presidential elections, Aécio Neves, raising suspicions about the fairness of the election. And like the senator from the PSDB party, she has the support of the American media, which today doesn't seem very different from ours. Gone are the days when American journalism was a model of professionalism. As a result, bombarded daily by his country's powerful press, Trump, who is getting lost in responding online to everything said about him – even making the mistake of responding to criticism from the popular actress Meryl Streep with a rude comment – ​​is suffering enormous damage both inside and outside his country even before taking office. And the likeable Obama, who disappointed everyone who expected a pacifist government, very different from the belligerent Bush, in this final stretch of his term doesn't miss an opportunity to launch more venom against the millionaire who defeated his candidate.

Barack Hussein Obama, who was an electoral phenomenon – managing to be elected President twice despite being black and having a name of Arabic-Hebrew origin – represented the hopes of the rest of the world that, under his administration, the United States would cease interfering in the affairs of other countries, ensuring world peace. Besides continuing to behave as the world's sheriff, fomenting wars and spying even on his own allies, he failed to fulfill important campaign promises on the international stage, such as the withdrawal of the Guantanamo Bay military base in Cuba and American troops from Iraq, among others. On the contrary, he increased American troops in Afghanistan and authorized the invasion of Libya. His legacy, after eight years in office, was Obamacare domestically and, externally, the resumption, albeit timidly, of diplomatic relations with Havana. Apart from that, his administration wasn't much different from others, especially that of George W. Bush, who took advantage of the American people's emotional reaction to the attack on the Twin Towers to approve the legalization of torture, a measure previously unthinkable in a country with a democratic tradition.

On the other hand, the Brazilian government, currently under the illegitimate leadership of Temer, who seemed to be rooting for Hillary Clinton, has not yet signaled its position regarding the Trump administration. However, there is no doubt that, due to its subservient mentality, it will continue to cling to Uncle Sam's coattails, especially with a foreign minister like José Serra. This is because their current positions are partly due to the American government, which supported the coup in Brazil. As an illustration, one can see, for example, in the photo of the meeting between Temer and Serra with US Secretary of State John Kerry, published by 247, the blatant subservience of the two Brazilians. They seemed to fawn over the American, indicating a relationship of subservience, with all the implications that entails.