The Guardian… a hardcore socialist left-wing media source from the UK… understands Trump better than any mainstream media source in the USA.
Trump is no fascist. He is a champion for the forgotten millions.
Obama offered a series of massive government programmes, from an $830bn financial stimulus, to the Affordable Care Act, to Dodd-Frank, none of which did much to assuage the economic anxieties of the middle class. Americans watched as the federal government bailed out the banks, then the auto industry and then passed healthcare reform that transferred billions of taxpayer dollars to major health insurance companies. Meanwhile, premiums went up, economic recovery remained sluggish and millions dropped out of the workforce and turned to food stamps and welfare programmes just to get by. Americans asked themselves: “Where’s my bailout?”
At the same time, they saw the world becoming more unstable. Part of Obama’s appeal was that he promised to end the unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, restore America’s standing in the international community and pursue multilateral agreements that would bring stability. Instead, Americans watched Isis step into the vacuum created by the US withdrawal from Iraq in 2011. They watched the Syrian civil war trigger a migrant crisis in Europe that many Americans now view as a cautionary tale. At home, Isis-inspired terrorist attacks took their toll, as they did in Europe. And all the while Obama’s White House insisted that everything was going well.
Amid all this, along came Trump. Here was a rough character, a boisterous celebrity billionaire with an axe to grind. He had palpable disdain for both political parties, which he said had failed the American people. He showed contempt for political correctness that was strangling public debate over contentious issues such as terrorism. He struck many of the same populist notes, both in his campaign and in his recent inaugural address, that Senator Bernie Sanders did among his young socialist acolytes, sometimes word for word.
In many ways, Trump’s agenda isn’t partisan in a recognisable way – especially on trade. Almost immediately after taking office, Trump made good on a promise that Sanders also made, pulling the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and proclaiming an end to multilateral trade deals. He also threatened US companies with a “border tax” if they move jobs overseas. These are not traditional Republican positions but they do appeal to American workers who have watched employers pull out of their communities and ship jobs overseas.
Read the whole thing.
Oh myyyyy…haven’t read the source article yet, but whoever wrote it had better live far away from any bastions of anti-Trump popular sentiment, lest they become the next Salman Rushdie with a secular fatwa upon their head. Hope it gets widespread attention, though.
I hope the left doesn’t figure out how TRUMP won and keeps doubling down.
OT:There never seem to be ethical gays with private islands.
http://www.dcclothesline.com/2017/02/05/the-secret-behind-obamas-first-stop-at-a-married-sodomite-couples-house-in-california/#more-69200
I am in complete agreement with the Guardian piece. I read the whole thing.
But then I read the comments. They soon enough devolve into the snark and nit-witicisms of the lefty haters.
We must not lose track of the fact that those of us who support Trump are human trash and not worthy of common respect. If we are not consistent with politically prescribed correctness, we are the enemies of secular decency. If there is a divide, it is only because we deplorables have caused it. The other side is the land of tolerance and diversity, sweetness, goodness and charity. We refuse to just get along. We are the trash which cause the social justice warriors to march as to war and conquer us with hope and doctrine and trample out the vintage where the grapes of politically incorrect wrath are stored. Liberal, Progressive doctrine is marching on.
“…and millions dropped out of the work force.” one of the biggest lies of the Obama administration. the federal government has no vehicle to determine if someone is looking for a job. and even if they aren’t actively looking for a job it doesn’t mean they don’t want one. I don’t know who started using this phony statistic of people not looking for a job but the Obama administration used it to claim a reduction in unemployment. you want to reduce unemployment, don’t help create a job for people just stop counting them
The writer is a Texan-American, which makes sense. I am, however, amazed that the Guardian put his words out there uncut and uncensored.
That was refreshing. It’s exactly why he won. And all the foot stomping, cry babying and down right riotous behavior, will ensure him a second term.