Kamloops political pundit: Canadians fear Trump as U.S. president
KAMLOOPS — One of the most anticipated presidential election in United States history will play out today.
Retired TRU political studies instructor Ray Pillar says Canadians are watching with great interest, mostly because of the presence of Donald Trump on the ballot.
Pillar says Trump single-handedly destroyed the Republican Party by rising to prominence as a populist candidate, representing a change in the political establishment that many Americans wanted to see.
“It’s totally unheard of for the Republican candidate to be opposed by the vast majority of Republicans, in the party I mean,” said Pillar. “Trump has broken up the Republican Party – not that it didn’t need it. So this is a fascinating election, for sure.”