Holger Stark in Der Spiegel on the US and Trump.

"Last week, new polls came out showing that a majority of American were satisfied with what Obama delivered during his tenure in office. At the same time, Americans also made Donald Trump their next president. It's not always easy understanding you, America."

Read the article here.

This is not a typically American paradox. I bet that most voters in Europe who are willing to vote for national-marxist, neo-fascists, extreme-right, or how you want to name the gravediggers of the postwar order are mainly satisfied with their governments. They just have forgotten that being alive means very often being disturbed.