Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton. Without a doubt, this presidential election has to be the most bizarre, yet engrossing, in American history. After campaigning for almost 600 days, the results are finally out, and basically leave the world in shock. No matter what people may think about it, at least they can all agree on one thing: thank goodness the grueling election is over.
Mike Pence (Trump's running mate) dismisses the notion that Trump is running an insult-driven campaign.
During the campaign, “Unstable” wasn’t the only name Trump pinned on Clinton at rallies. Trump tweeted that "Crooked Hillary is spending a fortune on ads against me.” Interestingly in Hillary Clinton’s campaign, Donald Trump is seen as the political version of Regina George from Mean Girls and Biff Tannen from Back to the Future. Both are controlling, deceiving, belittling and mean bullies who would do anything to get what they want, and they enjoy playing dirty. Amusingly, in a "bad" timeline accidentally created by Marty in Back To The Future Part II, Biff has become an evil, over-the-top millionaire who runs a business empire, and even looks quite like Trump.
Regina George (Rachel McAdams) and Biff Tannen (Tom Wilson), two classic comedy villains to whom Trump has been compared.
Nothing in the movies this year has been able to complete with the twists, turns, and nail-biting drama of the 2016 Election. If you are mentally drained after watching all the election news, you may want to refresh yourselves with some positivity. Here are two underrated gems about Nelson Mandela and what Americans can learn from South Africa’s first black president.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Idris Elba plays Mandela with determination and grace in this biographical drama, which traces Mandela's steps from his boyhood to becoming South Africa's first democratically elected black president. Time after time he comes out on the winning side, despite the difficulties in seeing any light at the end of his journey.
Invictus
Mandela, here played by Morgan Freeman, uses the unlikely figure of the captain of South Africa's rugby team to unify the country. As he begins his first years as president of South Africa, apartheid is a divisive and destructive force, and is affecting both the economy and race relations throughout the country. Using sport as a unifier, Mandela rallies the country in support of the rugby team as it, and the country, reaches the World Cup finals in 1995.
