On the day after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the American left was thoroughly stunned; it had lost the race for the White House to a figure that many believed to be thoroughly unelectable.
That morning, author and political activist Michael Moore appeared on CNBC’s breakfast show ‘Morning Joe’.
What followed was a strange but incredibly insightful moment for U.S. television that held up a mirror to both the electorate and the American left.
