‘Twas the day after the election, when all thro’ the world
Not a sane person was happy, baffled at what had just unfurled,All hopes had been dashed, even though nurtured with care,
As citizens realized that civility is rare:
A bigoted narcissist is what some Americans wanted
So Donald took advantage and remained undaunted.
And Hillary in her disgust, and Bill in his shock
Tried as they could to take clearer stock—
Because what had happened to cause this great rift?
This division of values, and misunderstood drift?
Racism and sexism held too many in its grip,
And that only bolstered Trump’s ugly ego trip.
Sure, some men might have cheered Donny boy on
But what could cause women to fall for this con?
And gays and minorities of all stripes and colours
Surely they saw through his worshipping of dollars?
So a sad world watched as obnoxiousness was rewarded
And learned the lesson that you can’t always clean something sordid.
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The one aspect of the whole debacle that sort of intrigues me is thinking about this part of what you wrote: "...what could cause women to fall for this con?"
I once read a description of the centuries of witch persecutions (and burnings and drownings) in Western Europe as a terrorism campaign designed to thoroughly subdue and dominate women and preclude their challenging the patriarchy.
One way to think about those centuries of horror is that they was incredibly successful.