There are obvious similarities between the American election of 2016 and the outcome of the Brexit referendum. In both cases, right-wing populists raging against technological changes, globalization, and immigration prevailed over a more cosmopolitan establishment. In both cases, chaos has ensued, just as the establishment predicted.
The difference is that the British government is trying to ride out the chaos, with very limited success. Trump, on the other hand, revels in being a chaos agent. America is now an unapologetic force for instability throughout the world.
Neither will end happily. It’s just a question of how well the damage can be contained between now and then.