American political divide today boils down, pretty much, to those willing to live in President Trump’s reality ... and those who refuse to do so. The dissonance often occurs in the way that Trump communicates his world view ... spiced with bravado and, sometimes, harsh invective. This style, frequently communicated via Twitter, rubs many the wrong way and, to resolve this discomfort, they reject his reality out of hand. Big mistake.
This rejection then compounds their foolishness ... because they are forced to grow more and more semantically convoluted in their inane rationales for their resistance. We are told Trump has lied 12,000 times ... so his reality must also be false. How are these many lies possible? Does he lie when he states his name or what he had for dinner? We are told he is a white supremacist when his popularity with blacks and Hispanics grows daily. We are told he is anti-semantic while his son-in-law and daughter are Orthodox Jews. We are told he is growing senile when his schedule would daunt a much younger man. All these accusations are part of the strained rejection of his reality.
Trump’s reality on immigration, world trade, American exceptionalism, Islamic terrorism, nuclear threats, global warming, race relations, etc. are a whole lot closer to middle-America’s psyche than his opposition. This is why many Democrat presidential candidates have staked out such extreme positions ... just to demonstrate how opposed they are to Trump’s views. Big mistake. They are out on a limb of their lack of policy reality ... and Trump has saw in hand.
Oh George... the 12,000 lies and misleading statements are easy to fact check one by one. The frequency of non-truths to facts is so high that it is hard to cherry-pick the actual facts. And it is irrefutable that he refers to the love he shares with Xi, Putin, MBS, and Kim while tearing down all our allies, cities, and politicians. He has proven to be more of a nihilist, delivering few if any bilateral durable longterm agreements, and more vague promises/handshakes.
ReplyDeleteHe's a wrong way bettor at the craps table laying triple odds with our money on every open point. He could win on open points but there is a lot on the line if he makes the Point or a Seven-out. What are the odds?
And yet Trump’s enemies can say untold thousands of times that Trump is a Russian agent and that is not the worst kind of lie? You are a perfect example of one living in an unreal reality. Warren attracts 700 in N.H. vs. Trump’s 12,000+. This is a measure of the real difference in realities.
ReplyDeleteI never said that his 'enemies' do not lie too. So why are you accusing me of living in unreality? A few months ago the flap was whether truth was the truth and then whether facts were facts. Now it is whether reality is reality? Is reality based on who draws the largest audience of zealots? Note that polls by none other than Fox News have Trump losing to Biden or Warren or Sanders or Harris.
ReplyDeleteFor better or worse, President Trump has taken on the vital strategic future of America ... while previous presidents were ... and all the current Democrat candidates are worrying about which side of the plate the fork goes.
ReplyDeleteGreenland would be Trump's Folly. And Warren speaks of policies and plans for the things that concern middle-class Americans. Or at least middle-class moderates and Democrats.
ReplyDeleteWarren is as much a moderate as she is an Indian ...
ReplyDeleteWarren is a progressive and a capitalist. She has support on Wall Street.
ReplyDeleteShe is also a globalist which is why Wall Street is willing to bribe her.
ReplyDeleteI'll take Chill's reality any day over Trump followers' fantasy world.
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