American President: Policy Pledges and Sadia Jalali

american president: Olivier Douliery / TNS By Daniel Dale Washington Bureau Fri., Nov. 11, 2016 WASHINGTON The morning after the election, Sadia Jalali, a therapist, was called in to speak at her children Islamic school in Houston, according to Toronto Star. Emergency counselling. He and his team, though, have already signalled that he is planning to backtrack on several major policy pledges. She told the kids about the checks and balances confronting an American president, about the difference between politicians campaign rhetoric and behaviour in office. One asked, she said, Can he make us leave Another What country would we go to And then, afterward, from a wide-eyed little boy Can he kill us Fear, hate, retaliation and uncertainty have marked the three chaotic days since the stunning election victory of Donald Trump, with the jubilation of his larger-than-expected, largely white legion of supporters mixed with the horror of many members of racial and religious minority groups. They were unconvinced, and they were terrified. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.