If Trump is elected and follows the trajectory he has promised, the U.S. will not be strengthened abroad. It will be isolated and diminished beyond all repair, even worse than Obama. Because Trump will rely even more than Obama on presidential power rather than support from the two houses. It’s a no one situation but I see now that some really are “won over” by Trumpism. Golly. We’re all in for quite a ride.
Some things really can’t be explained by the media bogeyman no matter how hard one tries. He’s said many offensive things – not just a slightly offensive faux pas here or there, but seriously offensive things. The man advocated for a war crime. Not sure how anyone can vote for him after that.
People keep saying this, and I don’t agree.
As I said, it is baffling to the intellect. I cannot for the life of me understand what is going on.
If Trump becomes the GOP nominee, as now seems almost certain, the U.S. will have crossed a political ‘rubicon’ even if he doesn’t win the presidency (which I pray to God he does not). Trumpism is latent authoritarian, far-right populism foaming to the surface in the world’s most important democracy. I cannot emphasise enough how dangerous it is for the entire planet, yet the proles are blindly following the pied piper into catastrophe?
The man has not one sane, workable policy. All he preaches is a gospel of divisiveness, hatred, crudeness, crassness and bile. Yet he keeps getting the votes.
I really hope you are right, that’s all I’ll say
That’s not really what concerns me. It’s his habit of waffling. I’ve no idea who he’d be if elected – the Trump who disavowed Duke in 2000 or the Trump who said he didn’t know who Duke was in 2016. The Trump who swiftly (and frankly, “xenophobically”) rebuked Muslims or the Trump who couldn’t immediately distance himself from the KKK.
Which is consistent with the impression that he is an unreliable “shape-shifter”, on top of everything else.
Secular messianism, the longing for a strongman who will “clean up” the state and restore order, never results in the utopian ideal originally ‘trumpeted’. It is for good reason that the Bible tells us to “put not our trust in princes”, even less so populist, shape-shifting demagogues rabble-rousing the basest instincts of the electorate to seize hold of the reins of power.
No; but he could have forcefully renounced the endorsement.
Duke said recently that he hasn’t formally endorsed Trump. Although he personally supports him.
Trump’s already disavowed Duke, he did it the day before and numerous times.
And you don’t ask the natural question of why he therefore struggled to do so on CNN?
Okay; I was wrong to use the word “endorse.”
I agree with you. I wonder why Trump didn’t make it quite clear on CNN that he declines any endorsement from the KKK even if he is not aware of one at the present time. It makes me feel he is not really against the KKK. I’m sure it won’t sit well with African-American voters.
It may be too little,too late.I still resent the way the republican establishment,has rejected Ted Cruz up till now.The chickens have come home to roost the the GOP,sorry to say.
Ukayers? I must assume you are referring to people who come from the U.K. I think you’ll find that the correct demonym for such a person is “British”.
Der Spiegel also happens to be one of Europe’s largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of 840,000…
I thought we were hiring a leader, a commander in chief, not someone to teach Sunday School.How can Catholics in good conscience vote for a man who makes remarks like this:
I mean…
Such a crude, sexist, vile, crass statement is entirely unbecoming of a political figure, let alone a prospective POTUS.
I am so disappointed in many of you.
Pious folk are OK with lewdness and vulgarity now? Has it been “baptized” so to speak?
