text: It's now 2017. In 20 days Donald Trump becomes president of the United States. Some 60 million Americans voted him into office. Partisans from both sides will argue past each other over his suitability, but there is no denying it, Trump as president is a momentous event in world history. The U.S. has been the dominant nation in world events for the last 70 years. They have the largest military, the largest economy and the greatest global influence. All of that now falls into the hands of a brash reality television star who was born into great wealth and won the votes of poorly educated whites across suburban and rural America. He has filled his cabinet with fellow billionaires and people hostile to the very agencies they are set to lead. He will assume the reins of power already at odds with the entire security apparatus of the country, after refusing to attend daily briefings and denying their contention that Russia intervened on his behalf in the election.  Let's hope for a 2018.