It’s been 39 days since Donald Trump has had to worry about Hillary Clinton, but his supporters can’t stop talking about her.
Even before Trump took the stage at an exuberant evening rally , the president-elect's introductory speakers had referred his former Democratic opponent along with the crowd of thousands, perfectly on cue, chanted, "Lock her up!" Someone from the crowed screamed loudly, "Waterboard her!"
While Trump delivered his speech in Orlando, his latest stop on a national "thank you" tour, his fans chanted repeatedly "Lock her up! Lock her up!"
If Trump loved to hear their plea, he would not say like this. Rather, he would have sought to calm his unruly army of passionate followers.
While running-up to the election, Trump told, "you people were vicious, violent, screaming, 'Where's the wall?' 'We want the wall!' Screaming, 'Prison!' 'Prison!' 'Lock her up!' I mean, you were going crazy. You were nasty and mean and vicious. And you wanted to win, right?"
But for now as the campaign is over and victory has already been achieved, Trump has been trying to govern a divided nation. The inauguration is a month away. And Trump, has been trying to imagine for his fans how they ought to behave. He said, "It's much different. Now you're laid back, you're cool, you're mellow, right? You have been basking in the glory of victory."
Trump has rallied Floridians at an Orlando amphitheater on a crisp evening, flanked by 16 decorated Christmas trees against a giant painted canvas of a winter wonderland.
By Prakriti Neogi
