Can we learn to trust again?

I really hope both candidates – irrespective of Donald Trump’s wins – will learn from the election, which created a climate of mistrust, division and hatred to an unprecedented level in recent history. From the election process alone, it will take time – a long time – to heal the wounds. I wonder if such wounds will ever be healed in our lifetime or if it will be inherited by our next generation.

I wonder if he chose his words carefully or if he really did just say whatever he thought would win the support of angry white men. His remarks have already shown that it leads to instability, violence and chaos, as experts warn.

We should not underestimate the mistrust and enmity that is growing in the US. Trump should understand that we, blacks and whites, Muslims and Christians, and, yes, Latinos are all from the same Mother Earth. There is no need to look down upon other people as we are all created from dust and to dust we shall return. With his level of stubbornness and arrogance, he could unleash World War III.

It is crystal clear that the chain of building trust has been broken down as people are fed up from egotistical career politicians who make promises during the election and then forget all about it. That is why people were eager and longing for change and were even willing to go as far as trusting a man like Trump.

Hillary Clinton should pause and reflect on what went wrong. She should have been thankful to have such a belligerent opponent like Trump, as many people found his politics of division repulsive. In doing so, this victory should have been handed to Clinton on a silver platter. Even with the number of people who don’t like her, she should won.

- The reader is a freelance writer based in Toronto, Canada.