They couldn’t follow in the footsteps of the, who held power for two generations, or the Batlles of Uruguay, five of whom served as president of the South American country. After Inauguration Day, Eric and Don Jr. will be lucky to head their local Proud Boys chapters.
A classical caudillo projects himself as the epitome of virility, usually by riding on horseback toward glory. Trump? His mighty thoroughbred is a golf cart; his feats of physical strength, a badly wielded putter. Trump dreamed of being etched into granite, but he projects more Pillsbury Doughboy — no matter how much his meme-crazy followers like to portray him as Rambo or project his smirking face and head onto the bodies of action-movie stars.
The longest-lasting strongmen surrounded themselves with people smarter than they to ensure their rule — think of Porfirio Díaz in Mexico, Augusto Pinochet in Chile — and claim some sort of progress to the world. Those loyalists, in turn, stick with their boss until the end. Trump instead surrounded himself with sycophants to a level that would’ve made Fidel Castro gag. And even they have left the Trump regime faster than the Dodger Stadium crowd after the seventh inning.
The closest Latin American corollary to Trump would be the Perons of Argentina — Trumpism is as noxious, pompous and overblown as Peronismo. But Juan and Evita created a political movement that still holds sway and even spawned ideological branches in the form of the Kirchner dynasty. Trump, meanwhile, blew up the GOP and has too few followers to start a successful third party, the way Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has successfully done.
Trump’s bombastic speeches are nowhere near as entertaining as what Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales offered; his economic policies, touted as populist correctives against the socialist Democrats, instead plunged us into a deficit straight out of Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuela. There is one accomplishment, however, where Trump can brag that he vies with many of his fellow autocrats:
This guy did more for this country and the world than any other president in my lifetime.
Because he jumped into the deep end without knowing how to swim. Common issue with any position of power. Walk before you run. 💁🏻♂️💁🏻♂️💁🏻♂️ It’s the biggest flaw with our style of governance. Sure, fake it until you make it but when you virtually fuck shit up because outside influence
Is he really failing if he is allowed to finish his term and walk out instead of being removed from his office and facing criminal charges as he should.
The is a burning dumpster fire that’s scrambling for revenue off of clickbait.
Liars. He did more than any other president in recent memory. LAntifaTimes
He was never a strongman, let alone a ldr! He's & has always been a LOSER! He will go down in history as a vindictive LOSER!
Legacy of failure describes the GOP & DNC.
This tag line is comical. The strength of the economy, the surging stock market and increases in wealth and economic opportunities for minorities in particular are unparalleled. A Biden administration will fumble this economy and I can’t wait for it to happen.
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