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US polarization may edge closer to civil war after elections – retired US diplomat Political polarization in the US won’t go away even now Donald Trump has been declared the winner, believes Jim Jatras, retired US diplomat and adviser to the US Senate Republican leadership. “It will certainly intensify,“ Jatras told Sputnik. “Let’s be honest. Americans are not living in the same country anymore.“ For some Americans Trump is a “savior“, but for others he is pure “evil“, Jatras noted, after years of smear campaigns against the former US president in the mainstream media. “Think about it – when people have been told for months and months that a victory for Trump is the equivalent of electing Hitler, how do you expect them to react?“ he asked. “I think that reaction will be strong, and I think it will simply deepen the divide that has been growing for years,“ Jatras warned. “People have referred to America today as being in a state of cold civil war. And I don’t know how much closer t... Source: Lord Of War
