Clive Crook, Columnist

Beating Trump Won’t Mend America

Even after Trump loses, his run will remain a crushing vote of no confidence in U.S. politics.

October 21, 2016 at 9:30 AM UTC

Clive Crook is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and member of the editorial board covering economics. Previously, he was deputy editor of the Economist and chief Washington commentator for the Financial Times.

They won’t sing “Kumbaya” after he loses.
Photographer: Gerardo Mora

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If the polls are to be believed, Donald Trump’s chances of winning the election have all but vanished. The last television debate is unlikely to have arrested his downward trajectory. One should never say never (think of the Brexit referendum) but the question now, it seems, is what will follow Hillary Clinton’s victory.

Here’s what ought to follow: Relief at a disaster averted, followed by some sober reflection.