Well, what can be, that can not be avoided, as they say. American politics is back to square one. After months of fears, nightmarish dreams and expectations of difficult to predict changes, everything falls into place.
The great American political system is slowly taking on a stranger. A little more - and Donald Trump will become an ordinary Republican president - well, perhaps a little more tough, but all - within the norms defined by the system.
In general, it happens so often. When life gradually forges the rioters, and those who were afraid of them yesterday will be their best friends tomorrow.
In the world in this regard, there is a very large experience, and even a special saying on this matter - "You want to suppress a riot - lead it". And the prophetic words of Don Corleone - "Keep your friends close, and enemies even closer".
Sometimes it happens intentionally - as, for example, in the 70s, American show business managed to painlessly digest the protest wave of the hippies of the 60s, when popular musicians became almost revolutionaries, leading dissatisfied youth.
Only a few years have passed, and these young rebels were quietly bought, and their protest was made not dangerous for themselves. Well, it's true, it helped music very much, since the performers, deprived of the status of revolutionaries, concentrated on professionalism, and as a result it turned out better for everyone - but this is another topic.
Sometimes such metamorphoses happen by themselves, and we see dozens of examples of this and ourselves in the countries. For example, now the ruling "Georgian Dream" during the election campaign promised almost the realm of universal harmony - to abolish repressive bodies, to stop listening to citizens, to return all lost property to all ... But coming to power along with undoubted bonuses and other pleasant moments has its drawback - something that is not visible from the side, very quickly becomes obvious. As a result, they've also left the wiretapping, and the secret services have strengthened, and they are following the opposition - in a word, everything is like people's.
But there were so many promises.
In the case of Donald Trump, we have a parallel coincidence of objective factors, and a subtle, jeweled ingestion by the System of the recalcitrant, and in fact, an outsider.
Does anyone now remember that the possibility of lifting anti-Russian sanctions was seriously discussed? And after all, serious discussions were going on about this, and it seemed that after coming to power Trump, if he did not cancel the sanctions, then at least he would start some movement in this direction.
The American System has subtly hinted to Trump - there is foreign policy, there are principles, and there are positions that can not change together with the presidents.
"If you do not understand the difference between building hotels and formulating foreign policy - well, we'll explain it to you," the System whispered softly to the obstinate president.
And all - now the US does not abolish sanctions, do not cease to support Ukraine, and remain in NATO on the same terms, and the EU does not aspire to destroy.
And remember, how many doubts did Mr. Putin's friend call as a candidate for the post of US Secretary of State? I'm sure that today Rex Tillerson is much more strict about Moscow, if only because he still needs to prove that he is not Putin's agent.
And Trump's personnel policy, which promised to be unpredictable and even dangerous in some sense? Where did Michael Flynn, who received money from the TV channel "Rusha Tudey"? Or Stephen Bennon, who is known for ultra-conservative and even racist views?.
Republicans - they are conservatives themselves, this is the essence of this party, but everything has a limit. America has suffered too much in the struggle for racial equality, in order to tolerate, in the environment of the president, a figure in respect of whom there is even a slight suspicion of racism.
And by the way, how's it going with the Great Mexican Wall? What, the pace of construction increased compared to what was before Trump? And what, are Mexicans paying? No? Strikingly. Truly inscrutable are the ways of God.
And what about NAFTA, that is, an agreement on free trade with Mexico? Trump seemed to promise to increase customs duties in order to return to the United States gone to Mexico and China, American enterprises.
The idea is certainly remarkable, and before the election it sounds very fine. But apparently, being in power showed the new president that things are not that easy. That by itself the increase in customs duties will not give anything. That American business transfers enterprises to China and Mexico not from natural harm, but from purely practical considerations.
Naturally, there will be no large-scale military actions on the part of the United States by the type of Iraq, but conversations about the fact that terrorists who are worse than Asad are struggling with the Assad - apparently will have to be forgotten for a long time.
Monomakh's cap is heavy.
I am convinced that the election Trump is the real. If he had enough power, he would have spat on Ukraine, and canceled the sanctions, and he would leave NATO and all the immigrants would be expelled, and with Putin would be friendly and calmly share spheres of influence with him.
If Trump has enough power, then now, 2.5 months later, the South Caucasus would have been completely transferred to the Kremlin. We would be sold with giblets and would not even notice this.
But fortunately in reality everything is different. America is not Trump or Clinton, John Kerry or Rex Tillerson.
America is her Majesty The system that will chew and spit out anyone. And the example of Trump, who before our very eyes turns from a rebel into an honorary son of the System - is evident.
At one time, Eric Clapton was also a rebel - and now - a quiet, peaceful bourgeois who has not fought with anyone for 40 years.
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