.” But, still, his public personality has become so diluted and constrained. If only he followed his instincts and spoke from his gut, the campaign would be okey-doke in short order.We are accustomed to vanity and self-delusion from the president. But this is really something. Trump has been untethered from sound, constraining advice for much of his first term. Now, faced with the disastrous consequences of his authenticity, he tries to place the blame on one or two scattered moments of sanity.
The past few weeks have provided additional evidence of Trump’s primary driving instinct: to avoid the appearance of weakness. He wants, above all, to be seen as a strong man.More than an ideology or a governing philosophy, Trumpism is a certain view of strength. It is strong to crush those who challenge you — even if they are average citizens and you are the president of the United States. It is strong to strike back twice as hard and below the belt.
There is something infantile about this conception of strength, and in a literal sense. The overwhelming desire to dominate others, even when that means hurting them, is often rooted in some deep hurt of childhood. But such an explanation is not a justification for needlessly jeopardizing the lives of others. Or for adopting the ethics of a low-level member of a crime family.
To beat Trump, Joe Biden will need to demonstrate that the president is pathetically weak even by his own standards. His handling of the covid-19 pandemic has been lethally incompetent as well as economically ruinous. His increasingly overt racism is threatening the unity and justice of the country. His incoherent combination of naivete and bullying has squandered America’s global influence and standing.
A lot of history — a deadly pandemic, a profound economic crisis, a racial reckoning — has been placed into the hands of . . . Joe Biden. It is not the choice I would have made. But we need him to be strong.
I hate to break this to you. The country is fine. The president doesnt have THAT much influence on our daily lives. Obama did a pretty good job, Trump is doing a pretty good job. Whipping people into a frenzy with hyperbole is NOT journalism.
Never let it be said, stupidity does not dictate Journalism at the WP. I will be there on Nov. 4th to remind them.
Which is exactly what the left did after the 16 election. “So, we need to be MORE insufferable?”
Well we found what’s at the bottom of the swamp - Trumpy!
It’s an idiot opinion .
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