The electoral college will in all likelihood install Donald Trump today as the next president of the United States of America.

Some of us will remember that this same Donald Trump claimed that the election was being rigged.

Some of us will remember that this same Donald Trump asked the Russians to ‘find Hillary’s missing eMails’.

Some of us may have watched Barack Obama cover this in an interview with Trevor Noah. (I can’t find a video that everyone can watch, so no hotlink this time. Sorry.)

The election was, in a sense, rigged. Clinton did get more actual votes, but the electoral college system favours smaller sates.

The election was, in a sense, rigged. News media eager for the sound bite gave Trump an enormous amount of visibility.

The election was, in a sense, rigged. EMails released were fairly inconsequential, and all about the Democrats, with nothing said against the Republicans. However the news media made a lot of noise, as noted above.

The election was rigged. Simple as that. There is a current of anger in many ‘advanced’ nations that can be tapped into. Watch France, for example. And we all know about  Brexit. Trump simply cashed in on this. Metaphor deliberate.

Canadians, being pathologically nice, revolted by electing a revoltingly nice (and intelligent) prime minister. But we won’t stay nice long, living next to a Trump-ed United States. We can’t afford to.

We’ve been trumped. So have you. All of us.