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Enter Trump and real trouble beckons

Days of riots across the US and widespread disbelief demonstrate how results of the November 8, 2016 American presidential election came as an anti-climax. And there is a paradox considering that America is a paragon of fair play. What led Donald Trump to hint at the possibility of poll rigging in advance of the vote? Was he crying wolf to divert attention from the real culprit?

The US’s Electoral College system where only 538 delegates decide who becomes president is open to serious abuse. Contenders with nothing to lose and loads of money like Trump could easily compromise delegates. Don’t be duped by that baloney whites are impervious to corruption; big money rarely loses a contest. If Trump could circumvent America’s hawkish tax system, he is capable of anything.

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