It’s over. He won. She lost. Donald Trump will become the 47th president of the United States.

No lawsuits, no claims of a rigged election or system. No riots or insurrections. No criminal prosecutions. It’s over.

Exit polls showed that many voters, particularly in swing states, were most concerned about the economy. Although Biden’s economic numbers are excellent on a national basis —unemployment at low levels, inflation back to pre-pandemic levels, the stock market soaring, a likely “soft landing” after a fusillade of high interest rates — for many American families, wages just hadn’t caught up with inflation.

The price of groceries is high for them. The price of gas is high for them. The price of toys for their children is high for them. People vote with their pocketbooks.

Immigration was a concern for voters. So was democracy, but does democracy mean voting against a convicted felon and an election denier, or does it mean taking back our country and making America great again? Abortion, the issue that was supposed to take Vice President Kamala Harris over the top, did not. Where were the women in the suburbs with MAGA husbands who secretly cast ballots for Harris? If they were there, their votes weren’t enough.

At the bottom of the list of concerns in exit polling was foreign policy. It should have been the primary concern, since it implicates our national security. Foreign policy used to be bipartisan. The late Republican Sen. Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan famously said that “partisan politics” must stop “at the water’s edge.” No more.

Trump thinks he has the easy solution to our role in the world. He says he will eschew allies, withdraw........

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