Foreign Journalism

JUST days before Donald Trump was elected 45th President of the United States, Catherine visited some of the heartland of America, where voters were backing the tanned tycoon.

She spoke to those who were very much in favour of Donald Trump’s ideas to make America great again, and the others who believed putting the businessman in power was going to be the worst thing to happen. Catherine’s reportage explained why people in certain areas felt that Donald Trump was the best person for the job. ‘Throughout the Rust Belt, particularly in places like Youngstown, manufacturing’s exodus has left blue-collar decline and black urban poverty in its wake — a stew of racial and economic anxiety waiting to boil over. Trump’s promise to take them back in time has given hope to long-forgotten dreams.’

In an area where poverty and unemployment were rife, one man even said he would shoot his TV screen if Hillary Clinton won.