17 February 2020

Disbelief

An interview in Salon yesterday (link here) considers this thesis: "Does Donald Trump believe in America?"

In my opinion, the answer is obvious — no. Trump is a rapacious narcissist. Hence, America is not an ideal to preserve and defend. It's a mark you can fleece for your own personal gain.

By accident or design, he actively and openly perverts the idea of America for his own personal enrichment. If you support him, his pitch goes, you will help make America great again. You are a true patriot. You make America stronger simply by supporting him. He is the state. He is America.

Anyone who opposes him is beneath contempt. He openly mocks and defames these people. He refuses to recognize a fundamental principle of democracy รข€” not everyone agrees at all times on something, but by working together we can craft a workable solution. He has no interest in this. Do it his way or else. Do it his way or your're a traitor, a word he throws around liberally.

Trump and Trumpism is now a cancer on America. The democracy can only be saved by excising completely that cancer. That can be done this November at the ballot box. He's trying to subvert the process, to void your and my vote. But if enough of us vote, he will fail at his attempts to do so and will be removed from office.

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