.@ariannahuff is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man- he made a good decision. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2012

Sadly, because president Obama has done such a poor job as president, you won't see another black president for generations! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 25, 2014

A little more than a year later, the author of these repugnant tweets stands on the cusp of securing the Republican nomination for the President of the United States of America. On June 16 last year, a day that may well go down as one of the darkest Tuesdays in the annals of American history, Donald John Trump, Sr., announced his candidacy for the highest executive office in the USA. Since then, every political pundit or commentator worth his salt has tried to predict the day Trump would eventually throw in the towel and return to shows like The Apprentice to fulfill his need for publicity. Shockingly, Trump now tops every national poll one can find among his GOP contenders and just yesterday, won the primaries in New Hampshire by a stunning margin. The rise of the Don has made me look more critically at the political scene in the USA and it has also made me realize that many Americans may not be looking for a distinguished politician to elect as president, they may be looking for a crusader who represents everything a serious politician cannot rationally stand for.

Every line of every speech at every rally or debate that emanates from the mouth of any presidential candidate reveals how elaborately it has been tinkered with by focus group and how the offensive and provocative bits have been dissected from the speech, leaving the bland, ineffective dribble that the American public has now come to loathe. Trump’s speeches, in sharp contrast, reveal the burning embers that lay in the minds of the American electorate and their desire to have somebody break the established mold of an ideal politician. His speeches may be nonsensical, but at least it is unfiltered, unadulterated rubbish. He is the antithesis of the typical politically-correct candidate, and the people could not love (or loathe) him more.

While outlining his presidential agenda, Trump has said the following-

“I’m gonna issue a temporary ban on all non-American Muslims from entering the United States. This is only until we figure out what the hell is going on.”

“We’re gonna build a wall, a big, beautiful wall, and make Mexico pay for it.”

“We’re gonna bomb the shit out of ISIS.”

If another candidate for President had uttered such gems, his campaign manager would have collected his belongings and resigned from his job before he/she could issue an explanation. However, with Trump, all bets are off and everything is forgivable. It is said that a black hole in space can bend the laws of physics. I’m afraid Donald Trump has the same effect on our common sense. How is it that what may be political suicide for another candidate actually boosts the poll numbers of someone like Donald Trump? How much do the Americans hate their politicians in order to be swayed by the semi-literate, woefully uninformed positions that Donald Trump takes?

The Trump presidential campaign has changed the rules of the game, even for the rest of the field, completely. In my opinion, Senator Marco Rubio, is the only Republican candidate worthy of the position of President but the lack of attention reasonable politicians like him have received due to the wave of sensationalism that follows Trump has made the prospect of his election unlikely. It is important to understand what this means. It means that the electorate is no longer satisfied with candidates who promise to take measures to reduce illegal immigration. With the introduction of Trump, they must promise to “build a big, beautiful wall and make Mexico pay for it.” It is no longer sufficient to not allow undocumented refugees and migrants into the country, one must “temporarily ban all Muslims.” It is no longer enough to be a politician, you must be a crusader against the system, or you don’t stand a chance. Donald Trump has triggered a revolution, make no mistake, but he is also living proof of the fact that some revolutions have calamitous outcomes.

The question arises: Does Trump really stand for what he says or is this just a ploy to get votes?

The answer to the above question may well be no. No sensible human being who has not lived under a rock for his/her lifetime can hold the views Donald Trump does, much less endorse them in front of millions of people. Additionally, he himself has flip-flopped on so many issues that Stephen Colbert could moderate a Trump vs. Trump debate on The Late Show, fully illustrating the contradictory nature of his positions before and after he announced his candidacy. If he is indeed putting on a show to ride the wave of popular discontent with politicians, he could not have done a better job. However, you cannot vote for a President just because he is the enemy of the system you have come to despise. Can you trust a President elected in this manner to handle nuclear launch codes? Can you trust him to solve the biggest problems facing the nation without creating more of his own? I cannot.

Hence, Donald Trump is a dishonest trickster at best and a racist, misogynistic, narcissistic misanthrope at worst. I do not think I need to elaborate on why those aren’t qualities a presidential candidate should possess. The only shining light in this tempest of darkness is the fact that Donald Trump has a high unfavorability ratings nation-wide and there are quite a few people who have stated to the polling organizations that they would never vote for him. But a majority of these people still do not take his candidacy seriously and think it is a publicity stunt that is doomed to fail eventually. Such persons need to vigorously campaign against a hopeless populist like Trump and also fight for the merits of the political system that has faced too much heat in the past few months. However, if such persons waste their time by making Donald Trump “memes” and “trolls” and pumping out statuses and tweets that say- “If Donald Trump becomes President, I’ll move to —-“, then they might as well start booking their tickets. If the Trump revolution is not counteracted swiftly, then the Americans will have to get used to saying “President Trump”, without their tongues recoiling in disgust.