On November 5, Donald Trump was elected to a second term as President of the United States. His long-term allies and political donors use social media to publicly rejoice.

Billionaire Elon Musk and podcaster Joe Rogan are only among the voices making the celebration loud.

Musk, owner of social media platform X and a staunch MAGA member, wrote to X to specific his optimism for the longer term.

Musk shared the hardships he experienced as an immigrant from South Africa, but believes the alleged difficulties he faced are minimal in comparison with Trump’s.

Joe Rogan, host of the Joe Rogan Podcast, also took to X to specific what could possibly be interpreted as admiration and excitement.

Rogan posted a video of Trump and his family on stage after the election was announced. In the background, Rogan will be heard saying the three words that served because the caption for his post: Wholeness. Leeward. Damn.

It’s no wonder Rogan is happy, as he enthusiastically supported Trump on November 4. The endorsement is available in part as a promotion for his podcast episode, with which he acknowledged “the great and mighty Elon Musk.”

The podcaster found Musk’s reasoning for supporting Trump compelling. To this end, he sat down with the billionaire for 2 and a half hours to speak about skilled matters. Rogan praised Musk and said the praise was tantamount to support for Trump.

“For the record, yes, this is an endorsement of Trump.”

Rogan’s right-wing stance in politics is well documented. During the election season, he met with then-candidate Trump to debate his campaign platform and plans for the country. The podcaster identified himself as a neutral interviewer and stated that he invited Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Harris campaign outlined conditions Rogan wouldn’t comply with an interview with. He believed his platform deserved a three-hour meeting with the candidate and was unwilling to travel to accommodate her schedule.

“For the record, the Harris campaign has not stopped publishing the podcast. They suggested a date for Tuesday, but I might need to travel there and they only wanted an hour. I strongly consider that one of the best approach to do that is in a studio in Austin. I truthfully just wish to have a pleasant conversation and get to know her as an individual. I actually hope we are able to do that,” Rogan wrote, promoting his meeting with Trump.

Donald Trump, bogged down by baggage that might have sunk some other candidate, nonetheless sailed to victory and became the forty seventh president of the United States. As of this writing, he has won 277 electoral votes and 4 of the seven battleground states (North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin).

Trump, who had never served in a cupboard position before being elected president in 2016, oversaw the administration filled with chaoswas impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, refused to concede he lost the 2020 election, was impeached a second time for inciting the January 6 revolt, was charged with 86 felonies in 4 criminal cases and convicted of 34 of them.

During his campaign, he sought to improve the economy with few significant policies beyond tariffs and tax cuts. He threatened to press charges for his political opponents, demonized immigrants and promised mass deportations of undocumented people, and throughout the campaign used increasingly misogynistic and racist rhetoric – even going thus far as to query Kamala Harris’ race and ethnicity calling her lazy.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who has served in every branch of the federal government, launched a full-fledged campaign in only over 100 days and assembled a broad coalition of supporters that included everyone from Beyonce to Lebron James and rugged Republican Liz Cheney.

Vice President Harris presented specific proposals on how to lift the center class, including $25,000 in down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers, addressed specific concerns of Black men AND Latin menincluding providing $20,000 in forgivable loans to Black and Latino entrepreneurs to start businesses, and she pledged to function an advocate for reproductive rights. Notably, she also promised to be the president of all Americans, even those that didn’t vote for her, and to bring joy and optimism back to politics.

But Trump won anyway.

This was the bitter reality that seemed to confirm the saying that a black man has to be twice pretty much as good as a white man to get half as far. When it became clear that Vice President Harris was losing the presidential race, Black women took to social media to express their disappointment.

Some expressed concern about what this might mean for his or her reproductive rights.

Some have expressed resignation to the indisputable fact that a rustic built on racism continues to be racist.

Others expressed anger over the protest votes, which they believed determined Trump’s election victory.

Some placed Harris’ loss within the broader context of the country’s overall move to the fitting or a failure to understand the gravity of their very own vote.

Still others urged black women to prioritize themselves.

Over the subsequent few days and weeks, Black women will proceed to post about this staggering loss and once more prepare for the approaching onslaught. However, as a substitute of fighting, rallying or protesting for the rights of all, some black women are urging one another to simply – deal with one another.