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Here are my own personal reasons:
It's stunning. It's stunning to me how some people that I think are so stupid, get so close to the white house. To me, a Canadian, you should be someone who is an expert at everything, who has many degrees, gone to the best schools, understand basic science and advanced law, etc.
Since I personally love science, I pay more attention to anyone who wants to dismiss science for other things such as financial gain or religious reasons, then measure how much that dismissal can hurt people or places.
So when American politicians, who are undoubtably the most powerful in the world get closer to the white house AND say climate change is a hoax (Trump), or that vaccines cause autism (Palin), I get anxious. Why? Because what Americans do affects Canadians, and affects the world.
Idiots like Trump becoming president doesn't just ruin your day, it ruins our day too.
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The smartest people never make it in government. I don't want to say our government attracts the dumbest people, but.... It is what it is. Smart people can make more money doing their own thing.
I remember years ago watching a dicussion about the Congressional Committee On Technology and one of the Congressman called it "that email thingy". This was back in 2004 or so, but still.... how can you be on the Congressional Committee On Technology and not know what email is.
Trump is no different. He thinks he knows everything, but doesn't. He has gotten away with it for years. He thinks he knows and understands the press, but this is an entirely new league for him. This is no longer fluff pieces about his wife or some hotel he opened; This is everyone in the counrty looking over everything he has ever done and then reporting on it. Trump has been in business for a long time and he has left a very long paper trail. Now his charity foundation has been shut down - all because he didn't file a damn piece of paper. He got away with it because in the past everyone was like "Oh, you launched a charity, how nice Mr. Trump". Now half of the country hates him and wants to take him down so they are looking over everything.
Wasn't he involved in some scam for condos in Mexico too that fell through, and everyone had to sue him?