Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says the historic election of Donald Trump as president will trigger endless hand-wringing in the media about the nation's future — but its predictions of doom and gloom in no way ring true.
"It's morning in America. The sun is shining, the birds are singing. But wait, how is that possible? Donald Trump is President-elect!" Huckabee wrote Wednesday on his Facebook page.
"We were assured that if that happened, the sky would blacken, there would be mass hysteria and the planet would immediately be immolated in a fiery, nuclear ball of death! Or something like that. Maybe I've been reading too much HuffPo …
"We now have to brace ourselves for the inevitable shirt-rending from the media: "How could America elect Donald Trump?! What does this mean?!"
Huckabee, who ran against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination and later endorsed the billionaire real-estate tycoon, added:
"All our differences aside, most of us love and want to preserve the things that made America great: the Constitution, the rule of law, the American Dream that our children will live better lives than we did, equality, fairness, opportunity to succeed for all who are willing to work hard, and a government that serves the people, not the other way around."