Brexit is the new word we’re all learning now that Great Britain has voted to remove itself from the European Union, and world financial markets are dizzy from the reaction.

Watching and reading the stories the last few days, one reaction stood out to me as to its effect on the United States. It’s not that the vote in Great Britain is foreboding for the U.S. There are sufficient differences in our voters that it isn’t necessarily predictive. Sure there’s the immigration issue that is similar here. Sure there is anger at the “establishments” in both countries. But the voters over there are not as diverse as voters in America and we elect presidents based on the Electoral College, not a national vote. So while there is a message in the vote "over there" it isn't that there is a trend and Trump will win here.

The  reaction from average voters that struck me: Some said on being interviewed after the somewhat surprising result to “leave” that had they known “leave” would win, they would have voted to “remain” because, really, they were mad and really wanted to just send a message that things needed adjustment, not really withdraw from the EU.

There’s a lot of that feeling, I think, among Donald Trump voters: They don’t like the status quo and he’s certainly not the status quo, so we’ll vote for him to send a message. When you read the polls, many of his supporters don’t believe he’ll build a wall, or ban Muslims, or do many of the nutty things he says. But they want to send a message.

If I could add a message to Hillary or Gary Johnson’s arsenal it would be this: Message received!!

And be sincere about that.

That's being done on the Democratic side when it comes to Bernie Sanders. Hillary has not only moved more to the left but clearly is courting his voters by sending the message – even including Elizabeth Warren on her vice presidential list – that she heard you, so join her.

Well, hear the Trump voters too. They have a point, many of them, that they have been left behind or left to hang out to dry because Washington doesn’t work. Because they aren’t being trained for the jobs of the new, or current, economy. That political correctness is nice but not to the exclusion of common sense.

Many of the “leave” voters in Great Britain now not only have buyers’ remorse, but have second, third and sixth thoughts about what they thought was “merely” a protest vote that instead is sending the world economy into palpitations over what the future holds and, likely, changing their country dramatically economically and in its global role.

So, let’s say “message received” to those voters here and try to avoid a similar “game changing” move that we’ll all regret later.

Donald Trump fired his sycophant, I mean campaign manager, and everyone thinks this might mark the “pivot” for Donald Trump to all of a sudden stop being Donald Trump and become, well, Donald Trump. Oy.

If we believe, and by “we” I mean all the pundits who’ve been talking ad infinitum to us about what’s really going on in the campaign, then Donald Trump now will become “presidential” and less stupid in his ideas and behavior. Even though we’ve all watched as he flies by the seat of his pants at the podium and, basically, makes up his own policies, and other “facts,” on the fly. So Corey Lewandowski leaving shouldn’t make a whit of difference. 

Where him leaving could make a slight difference is in the relationships between the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, the Trump campaign and donors, and the Trump campaign and (some) reporters.  Maybe they actually can build an organization, get some money in the door, and not tick off reporters. Thought it’s a bit late in the game to achieve all that.

Personally, I think this campaign has always been about what Donald Trump wants and will ever remain thus. So even if Lewandowski’s leaving buys a couple of weeks respite as Trump builds his campaign and relationships that will end quickly. As Trump would say, “believe me.” And, by the way, will voters buy a new Donald Trump? A less offensive and more moderately fashioned Donald Trump? Have we all become that cynical?

I don’t know whether Trump ever really wanted to be president – “some people” say he didn’t – but he’s stuck with it now. He either wins the election – and is flummoxed about how to be an effective president and live a lesser life style than he’s accustomed to – or he loses the election, and becomes the worst thing you can be in Trump World, a LOSER.

He loses either way seems to me. But at least the country wins with one of those options.

Donald Trump’s attack on the media yesterday was ridiculous and done, ironically, for the cameras the media owns so that America’s voters could salivate over his “macho” personality in his attacks against journalists whose popularity ranks somewhere just above lawyers and businesspeople.

Macho is in quotes because he is not Macho Man. He is a coward who won’t answer the questions those reporters had because to answer them would be to admit he is a fraud. Therefore, he deflects.

His performance also had to be embarrassing to his endorsers. Chris Collins, R-NY, the first House member to endorse Trump, was interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN shortly after Trump’s press conference. It was an awkward interview.

Collins tried to sidestep Blitzer’s questions, such as when Wolf asked him about Trump University and the presumed nominee's attacks on the judge presiding in the fraud case against Trump. Collins said he knew nothing about that and Wolf should ask Trump. Pressed again, Collins, beginning to melt into his seat, said, “Well, Wolf, I would not be making those kinds of accusations (the type Trump made). I don’t know the details of what prompted Mr. Trump to basically lay into the judge. I really – I would say, no, I would not be calling a judge out like that. But I’m not Mr. Trump and that’s a question to ask him.”

I can only imagine Collins telling his staff after the interview, “don’t ever put me in that situation again.” Well, Mr. Collins, you put yourself in that situation by endorsing a blowhard with no boundaries and no class like Trump.

In a moment of honesty during the press conference Trump admitted that the nasty man we all saw in that press conference is the same nasty man we will see if he’s elected to the Oval Office. Trump has no respect for the press and, more importantly, he has no respect for the Constitution, if he’s even read it. From what we know, he wants to change the Constitution to make it less protective of free speech and a free press and he seems not to respect the separation of powers among the three branches of our government.

Instead of responding to questions about the money he raised for veterans, which is why HE called the press conference, he verbally assaulted the media. He also continued his assault on the judge who is hearing a case involving alleged fraud against his defunct Trump University. Not only does he call that judge unfair, he spits out that the judge is also a suspected “Mexican!” That judge is a U.S.-.born citizen. I don’t know his heritage and, frankly, don’t care what it is. He is me and you, an American.

When Trump attacks a U.S. citizen in such a personal way, he attacks us all. When he attacks a judge, he is showing lack of respect for the separation of powers and, by the way, for his sister who is a federal judge. But she can speak for herself. On the other hand, she likely won’t because she does respect the separation of powers, is my guess.

Each day Trump demonstrates he does not have the temperament to be President. He throws tantrums when he’s treated “badly,” to use his word. Na na na na – “my daddy was richer than yours.” Well, my friend, Presidents are treated with respect by the media but with tough questions too. It’s their job to ask the tough questions. It would be your job to answer those questions or not, if you choose. But to attack the press and thus avoid responding to their questions, well, Mr. Macho Man, you are a coward. And not just because you call our captured warriors cowards, thus not respecting the job they do to protect your fancy houses and your ability to make money, but because you won’t answer a “tough” question from a reporter. Tough guy.

Trump uses these attacks on constituencies -- be they ethnic constituencies or gender constituencies or, now, even occupational constituencies -- to avoid answering the question he was asked. Call him  Deflector Donald.

What we saw in that press conference is what we’ll get if he’s elected. He made that clear. I want to believe that if he does keep up this type of behavior even those who endorsed him early will begin to back away, as Collins did yesterday. I said I “want to believe” because in this year, I don’t know what to believe.