dread

In an attempt to make sense of Trump’s victory, our collective emotions in this time of trouble and dread, what this election reveals about American values and character, and what comes next when Trump takes power in January, I recently spoke with a range of experts.

In an attempt to make sense of Trump’s victory, our collective emotions in this time of trouble and dread, what this election reveals about American values and character, and what comes next when Trump takes power in January, I recently spoke with a range of experts.

Joan Didion has called fire season the season of prickly dread, the season when the wind works on the nerves and every voice seems a scream.

His emphasis on “historic” did not have a tone of dread, pathos, or regret.

And it’s natural that many of them then will fixate on the worst-case scenarios and live their lives with a sense of worry and dread.