08 July 2018

The Big Con

Vanity Fair published a great shorter article on Friday (link here) with the title "Surprise: Donald Trump’s Entire Anti-Immigration Agenda Is a Con."

But it really is no surprise. For a long time, Trump has pretended to be anti-immigration and has pushed anti-immigrant policies.

But in his private life, he signs a different tune. His current wife and a previous wife were both immigrants. A great majority of his self-pimping products, particularly all garments, are made overseas. His daughter's "designer" line of clothing is also all made overseas.

And, once again, Trump has applied for and been granted special seasonal visas so that he can fill his Mar-a-Lago resort with cheap foreign workers while openly refusing to hire Americans who have applied for the same jobs.

As well, this week came the news the Trump had contracted with a company in China to make his 2020 campaign merchandise overseas.

The reason Trump has this blatant and hypocritical double-standard is simple -- demagoguery, the naked pandering to people's emotions and prejudices. Trump is a grand master of demagoguery bar none, notwithstanding he's so woefully inept in so many other ways. He understands how to push his supporter's buttons, particularly when it comes to matters of race.

Demagogues are usually disgusting hypocrites, and Trump is certainly no exception to that rule.

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