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Trump in the White House: Building bridges, not walls Twenty-seven years after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Donald Trump was elected president of the USA. Guillaume Goubert United States November 10, 2016 The announcement of Donald Trump’s victory on November 9, 2016 will go down in history. Just as the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 marked another major historical moment. Beyond the coincidence of dates, however, what do the two events have in common? Perhaps it is something to do with excess. An excess of optimism 27 years ago when the end of the Cold War held out hopes for the opening of an era of sustainable peace. An excess of anxiety now following the election of an unpredictable man as head of state of the greatest world power. This is not to imply that the advent of Donald Trump in the White House is an innocuous event. Clearly, it is worrying. Yet, if fear is the worst adviser, turning in on oneself is the worst option. Rather, we need to forcefully re-affirm our convictions as a reminder to ourselves as well as to the Americans. The things that bind us are more important than those that divide. Democracy involves more than a victory of the majority; it also requires attention to the minority. It is preferable to build bridges rather than walls.
