fter four years of an “America first” foreign policy, America’s international alliances remained solid. When necessary, such as with the G-7 and the question of readmitting a revanchist Russia, our allies pushed back. America’s NATO partners, the majority of whom were not investing their agreed to 2 percent of GDP in defense, took their lumps and recommitted to honoring their obligations.
nation’s productivity—and, as well, for the future viability of programs like Social Security and Medicare that benefit our growing senior population.Charles Sykes is editor at large of The Bulwark.suppose I should be more upbeat. But what strikes me now, looking back, is how many Americans were able to watch Donald Trump and say, “Yeah, I’m all right with that.” Not a majority, to be sure, but more than 70 million Americans wanted to give him four more years. And that’s a revelation.
As Parker and I wrote back in 2013, this new movement was motivated by an existential threat to their inward-looking America, and by paranoia and conspiratorial discourse. Obama and his coalition represented a shocking change that Tea Party adherents could not take. Social scientists who have been studying race in America are not surprised at all. There is much work to do in bringing the nation together and pursuing a path toward unity, but that must start with a recognition of the historic institutional racism, and an acknowledgement that so many millions of white Americans proudly agreed with some of Trump’s most hurtful rhetoric.
The left’s failure to explain this enabled Trump to blame immigrants for the disappearance of solid full-time jobs, and to convince many in the fragile and former middle class that they’ve been victimized because they’re white. Immigrants aren’t to blame; slash-and-burn capitalism is. We urgently need to draw that link, clearly and soon, or our democracy’s days may be numbered.Lynn Vavreck is professor of American politics at University of California, Los Angeles.
We do understand trumpism. It’s like any other cult of personality. He’s a maniac and they’re his cult followers.
I enjoyed this article. What I would like to see and hear is people saying...specifically... what it is about their lives that make them unhappy/angry living it. No broad generalizations, buzz words, 'I heard/read' nonsense. What is it that as personally made you unhappy?
Hmmm, your article smacks of self righteousness and to some degree self loathing. The self titled intellectual elite, up on a podium letting everyone know why they are bad and have been misbehaving.
(con’t) BUT, NOW, ‘OL MAN, JOE’ CAN ‘SUCK ON,’ AMERICA’$ ( through our tax dollars!) ‘TIT,’ WITH, HUNTER’S: “YOU WANNA TALK TO MY DADDY? YOU HAVE TO COME $EE ME, FIR$T!” ...
UNTIL WE ‘FIX’ THIS, JOKE, OF AN ‘ELECTION PROCESS,’ NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE ! DEMS. LEARNED THEIR LESSON, FROM 2016! GUARANTEED, HILLARY WOULD BE ON HER 2nd TERM IF DEMS HAD USED THIS, ‘MAIL IN BALLOT’ SCAM IN 2016! CLINTON’S LOST, PERSONAL, ‘MILLION$’ (pay to play) AFTER 2016
The world did not obsess over Donald Trump. The media did. In my opinion the media got it wrong and misled millions of people. The press hated Donald Trump and made every effort to persuade the public to hate him as well. President Trump put America and Americans first.
Florida is Trump's dong. As if we needed a graphic to point that out.
'Thinkers' have learned that people outside of their echo chamber are not interested in being controlled by them
Old white vs new color immigrants?
It has revealed Trump Derangement Syndrome afflicts millions and is spread by hysterical media where people are obsessed with Trump the man rather than his policies. No one voted FOR Biden. They voted against Trump.
Check the political affiliation of these “ thinkers “ !
Trump showed us that Americans can be stupid ignorant and downright nasty
He showed us how our fellow Americans really feel, and it's disgusting to know I breathe the same air as them.
This is something JoeBiden and TheDemocrats really need to pay attention to because it’s REAL. If they fail to address any of the systemic issues negatively impacting Blacks especially police brutality they will lose the Black vote.
The problem with articles like these is it is the view of the 'cultural elite'. Broaden your horizons and learn from, respect other viewpoints.
There’s only 35?
Sorry, but all I can see in this visual is Trump with an erection. Not how I’d hoped to begin my Saturday.
When will we get articles about why the Trump base lost touch with reality and then got snookered by the reality that he LOST THE ELECTION? Where are the articles about how they got it so wrong about what the majority of us were thinking?
Yawn. The 'white supremacist' rump still exists. Not news.
Meanwhile, Politico Entertainment Tonight PET is rediscovering what made the 'charm' of former First 'Lady Michelle', her spontaneity and independence...
I think that nationalism and nationstates have had their time.need new 10 commandments that encompass the entire world. It shodnt matter if you're chinese living working inAfrica,or congolese living and working in russia.We should all be working towards what is best for the world
Is it coming to a close though? The TRO case in PA and the visit by members of MIGOP to the White House suggest that there may be routes to victory for Trump. I'm no expert though so correct me if I'm wrong.
Nah, he won.
On first glance I thought this graphic was a limp dick... fitting nonetheless presidentchump
'thinkers' 'Charles Sykes' pick one.
Katherine Cramer comes close, while the rest of these wonks are just in love with the sound of their own voices.. pfft. We fight your wars. We build your cities. We grow your food. We clean up your messes. We make the world run. And you work so hard to pretend we don’t exist.
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