DONALD Trump looks set to assume the American presidency later this week. He waged an unprecedented presidential election campaign over the last year. Having become the Republican presidential candidate, nominee and now president-elect, Trump appears to share at most some abstract political concepts with the Republican Party, such as heightened commercial freedom and business-friendliness. Republicans, though reluctant, also “accept” more of his billionaire flamboyance than do Democrats. And the oft-touted, primarily Democratic efforts in social engineering such as enhancing minorities’ rights, also do not sync with his business-first predisposition. Hence, it was no surprise that Trump chose the Republican and not the Democratic Party as his election machinery.