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https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-unamerican-president-20191006-zvbmfwq3mbfmvifcc5h6hiu4fi-story.htmlThe un-American president: Trump hugs the flag every chance he gets, but the truth is very dark indeed
What was apparent even before he began to campaign for president is now increasingly obvious: Donald Trump is an un-American kind of character, unworthy of the office he holds.
Trumps deviance from our core national values begins with the way he operates as man. The positive ideal, confirmed by a recent Pew Research study, finds most Americans believe a good man is honest, kind, strong and compassionate. That Trump fails on every count is obvious.
If you need proof, just consider the 12,000-plus lies and misleading statements of his presidency, his cruel treatment of children seeking asylum and the mewling fake-victim pose he strikes whenever he is caught in some disgrace or deception.
In a recent press conference, Trump called the news media not just fake, but corrupt and called the House Intelligence Committee chairman shifty. This litany of childish complaints should be familiar to anyone who has heard the presidents often-voiced whines about how he never gets due credit for his accomplishments.
Contrary to his gripes, Trump is under scrutiny because he has applied his personal values to his role as president, for here, too, he represents the opposite of American virtue. No one gets it right all of the time, but Americans expect everyone at least to seek the ethical high ground. This goes double for our leaders.
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)They are on a mission to destroy democratic institutions and bring about fascism. Trump happened because they created a monster via 50+ years of increasingly cruel and unhinged rhetoric and policy (from Limbaugh and Fox News and from Republican officeholders themselves, including the dog whistling of Nixon and Reagan and Bush). The Powell Memo was also influential.
But whether it's Trump or someone else (and I'm sure many wish it was someone more competent), the agenda is the agenda. The agenda is all that matters. That's why they can go from bashing Trump in an effort to nominate someone who is sane and easier to keep on message to giving Trump their full-throated support once he became the nominee. And they've seen the writing on the wall--they know that democratic majority rule must be undermined and destroyed, that the very idea of government by and for the people must be undermined and destroyed. They've been on this mission for half a century or more.
Sure, there are those who criticize Trump, but almost all of them are either leaving Congress or are in really safe seats (e.g., Romney). And even a lot of those folks are mild in their criticism or just plain silent--not exactly profiles in courage.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)No one else even comes close.