Buckshot, are you seriously claiming that 30% of the US population is unemployed? Try 4.9% (7.8 million). That is equivalent to the rate that Obama inherited, and he weathered the greatest recession in 70 years in his 8 years in office. Moreover, the unemployment rate was higher in 2011 than it is now. Reducing this election to a mere referendum on the incumbent is far too simplistic. Look at the voter breakdowns. There is a frightening divide between rural and urban; between educated and uneducated; between white and African American, Latino et al
Julius is right to say that the Democrats picked a poor candidate, given the general global trend of frustration with political elites. However, that should have become irrelevant once the Republicans chose Trump. For the past year he has reduced political discourse to the verbiage of division (I won't call it rhetoric). He has exacerbated racial tension and gender separation to achieve his goals. 50+ million Americans have endorsed his message. For these voters, it's ok to label Mexicans as racists and felons; it's ok to question a judge's ability based on his ethnicity; it's ok to sexually assault women; it's ok to threaten your political opponents with jail; it's ok to encourage foreign nations to breach national security; it's ok to implement sectarian immigration policies; it's ok to not pay taxes; it's ok to consistently question the legitimacy of the incumbent president. I could go on.
You make a big point of criticising Obama's economic performance. Trump's tax plan will increase national debt to 80% of US GDP within 20 years unless accompanied by significant spending cuts. It will benefit high income households, rather than the least well off, thereby further widening income disparity. And if he does cut spending, who do you think will suffer? Hint, it's not the wealthy.
Hillary may have been unlikeable, but surely four years of her as president would have been preferable to the massive increase in social instability that the US is likely to experience now. Calling for the healing of national wounds, as Trump did in his acceptance speech, would be funny if it weren't so sinister. He cannot undo the harm he has wrought with his divisive message with platitudes.
It's a sad time for those of us who thought that the western world was slowly maintaining forward progress. But with the Brits deciding that they too are better off in splendid isolation, and the rise of right wing parties across Europe, it looks to me like the future looks more unstable than it has since the end of the Second World War. I hope I am proved wrong.