THE NEW US PRESIDENT. WHAT YOU WANT! Donald Trump

In troubled times like these, America needed a president capable of fishing as successfully into troubled waters as Trump did. And the reasons for the fact that they are troubled in the first place is the last thing which could be blamed on the newly elected president of the United States, Donald Trump.

The machinery of American politics looks more like a pile of scrap metal that went off the rails, than like an elegant express train, capable of allowing ideas, personalities and the programs needed to end the wave of crises that are that descending, successively or simultaneously, over the most powerful country in the world from one end of the US to the other.

Presidential candidate Trump made almost every mistake in the manual of "How to never get into the White House". And yet he did! What force took him through to the end, going against the current?

Out of hurry, lack of imagination or superficiality, many analysts called it "populism". A major mistake! Donald Trump did not tell every voter, or categories of voters, "what they wanted to hear". On the contrary! He said so many things that many of those who are sitting at the top of the American establishment, never ever wanted to hear, so that he managed to get everyone to raise up against him. Everyone, except those who voted for him!!! And in these elections his voters proved themselves more cohesive, more resolute and more efficient than the traditional "king maker" machine of the United States. Just like in Great Britain, the "seniors" of American policy, the ones who were convinced that they are in control, that they are firmly holding the reins of political and electoral "games" simply forgot about one thing: the electorate!

A "pawn" that has the nasty habit of moving as they see fit, and according to whether they see their interests being served, or that their fears are being diminished, better. Donald Trump did to the American politicians, what Nigel Farage did to those in Britain: he unexpectedly dumped on them, first thing in the morning, a bucket full of ice-cold water, and then sent them to do their own shopping. The difference is that the new US president, Donald Trump will have to deal with the consequences of behaving like that with others, unlike Farage!

The first piece of good news is that, precisely because of the weaknesses that Trump has, it is very likely that the "system" will provide president Trump with a team for the White House, that will be better, more competitive and more certain than Hillary Clinton would have succeeded in gathering, had she won the presidency. The model of Ronald Reagan's terms remains the standard in that regard. And it has been patented by Republicans! With the main institutions of power willing not only to cooperate without hesitation with the White House, but also capable of providing the needed solutions during his term, it is not at all impossible that Donald Trump "the surprise" the candidate becomes a remarkable success, something which "analysts" upset at his tone that is often irreverent to "career politicians" failed to predict.

What is the agenda that president Trump could build his success on?

The economic component is of course mandatory. Unlike the Obama terms, the new President won't have the option to let things work out of inertia. It is not at all out of the question that the team in the White House, together with the one of the Treasury and of the Federal Reserve will be forced to play by new rules, based on premises and solutions other than QE and obstructing competitors. Thank goodness, America has more economics Nobel prize winners, than other countries do refrigerator repairmen.

In foreign policy, the weaknesses of candidate Trump also have a chance of becoming his strengths. I'll just take the relationship with Russia as an example. A real, ample and stable reset of these relations would have been far more beneficial to the US and the rest of the world, then the current situation where both parties are shoving each other, stammering and engaging in a clumsy dance. I don't think that the mutual "admiration" which the leaders in Moscow and Washington have expressed without many hesitations could turn into a relationship where America is the vassal, or into one which could serve unilaterally, or predominantly Russia's interests. The institutional and political system of the United States has far too many safeties for something like that to happen, regardless of what the president in the Oval Office may believe or even want.

Is it possible that the "unstable" and "turbulent" candidate Trump could turn into a predictable and well tempered President of the United States? It's not just very possible, but also very likely, if not unavoidable!