Love him or hate him (and I don’t think there is any in between),
Donald Trump has stirred up the normally stagnant political waters like no one
in my lifetime. For those of us appalled by the idea of an unhinged, racist
real estate mogul sitting in the Oval Office, it feels like we’re watching an
out of control train careening down a mountainside to its inevitable explosive
demise. Even Republicans like Mitt Romney are starting to panic, although, as
others have pointed out, Trump is the monster the Republican Party built and
there’s no way they’re going to get him back in the lab to take him apart.
The most frightening aspect of the Donald’s run is how his
message of hate, exclusion, racism and violence resonates with so many
Republicans. I’m sure intellectuals and leftists in Germany during the thirties
were thinking the same thing. “How can so many German’s find Hitler and his
policies appealing?”
Although the lion’s share of blame for Trump rests with the
Republican Party, Democrats have to shoulder some responsibility as well. Over
the past thirty years, Democrats have failed to offer a clear alternative
vision to an American public growing
more and more disillusioned with politics and politicians. The problem
exists on both the left and right, and it is manifesting itself in support for
the non-establishment politicians, Trump and Sanders. Our government is
dysfunctional, and Americans are slowly realizing that they can’t count on the
government to heal itself, and are opting for true outsiders. The problem is,
it’s left the door open for a guy like Trump with his fascist tendencies and
racist appeal, a charismatic strong man promising to fix things in Washington
and make America great again.
What Democrats know and now some Republicans are starting to
realize is that the ego-driven Trump is playing a very dangerous game, and
playing the conservative base for suckers. The only one who wants to see Donald
Trump become President is Donald Trump’s ego.
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