Trump only the lever for change

Bryan Gould may well be right in his assessment about a Donald Trump presidency. However Trump was merely the catalyst and the vehicle that disenfranchised and disenchanted American voters used to clean out the Washington “rat’s nest” and that can only be a plus. The Brexit vote had all the same hallmarks.

By default I guess, Gould implies that somehow Obama (who achieved virtually nothing in eight years) and the flawed Hillary Clinton were better options. Personally I think not. The fault is clearly with the American electoral system which has been trashed by those citizens who placed blatant self-interest before community good.

Rob Paterson, Mount Maunganui