Wow. It's been a very... surprising week, at least to me.

I had planned for this journal to be about what I thought - and yes, feared - Trump might do as a president. He might try to prosecute Hillary Clinton for her email indiscresions and Benghazi, for instance, despite investigators repeatedly finding nothing to prosecute Or he might tilt government contracts towards companies he owns or is invested in, which would be a rather blatant abuse of power. Or he might "open up" the libel laws, which if worded poorly (and it probably would be) would pretty much gut the right to Free Speech. And remember, there's a seat that needs filling in the US Supreme Court, and another likely will go vacant before he leaves office. If he fills it with somone of similar mindset, or a lackey, such things might be declared legal!

Definitely worrying!

But then he recanted on prosecuting Hillary, saying he's come to realize doing so would be "too divisive." And he says he's having second thoughts on global warming, whereas on the campaign trail he was adamant that it was a hoax.

That doesn't address all the issues I (and others) were worried about, by any means. But it does seem promising. It could well be that his campaign persona was essentially one false front, with Trump simply saying whatever he thought necessary in order to eke out a win. I certainly wouldn't be surprised, and it doesn't exactly make me like him much more. After all, if that's the case then he lied, telling his supporters he would act in one way when he never intended to follow through. There's a word for that, and it is betrayal.

So, on the one hand, he's still not a very pleasant person. He's clearly a "me first" kind of guy, no matter how I try to spin this. His reversals don't address some of the things people are worried over, either. But if he did lie about his beliefs, then chances are that we're seeing his real ones peeking through now, now that he's already elected.

So, originally, I was going to warn people to brace themselves for possibly the worst president ever. And that includes George Jr. Now, though... I just don't know what to expect. He still could turn into a self-serving monster willing to use his position to gain power and money for himself without care for anyone else or the welfare of the country as a whole. He could. Or he could reveal himself to be far more moderate than anyone would have guessed.

I simply, honestly, truly do not know what to expect from him, anymore. But my fingers are crossed.