Excellent article to save as an overview of 'How President Trump Happened' as a result of decades of short-sighted, dishonest actions by the US governmental and our citizens' denial of it. That denial arose along with American ignorance of parallel hegemony in history that lead to fascism, all of which we can see building before us now.
From my perspective, another causative factor that is missing from this discussion is the recognition that the billionaire class representing industry, finance, and sports/entertainment are the ones responsible for sending the jobs out of the country, degrading the products' specs that shave off more for their own profit, stiffing the Mexican/Asian people who manufacture our goods, which are then sold for an uber-profit to the poor in America who have the fewest options from which to choose. So both populations -- the overseas producers of goods for us and the poorest of Americans purchasing them -- suffer the result while the American One Percent get richer and talk about the benefits of ‘Tax Reform and 'Trickle Down Economics'.
Other than the military, Trump's cabinet and advisors are part of this rapacious culture. Our citizens need to hear this. When they finally understand how they have been deceived and gutted, there will be another parallel historical event -- the bloodshed of The French Revolution -- but only if we can survive Trump and his Nuclear Wet-dreams.
EXCELLENT article as well as the associated articles you have offered here. As a 'waspy' 71 year-old American woman, I cringe at the whole Trump fabrication. Trump is anti-American and a dangerous sociopath.
Is there an online place to send appreciative emails to the Khans who should see how much their courage, compassion, and willingness to sacrifice their privacy means to the US citizens with open ears to hear them ?
America's shame within the international community will only be lifted once we prosecute our own US 'political architects' responsible for the war crimes of invading Iraq, and the cascading losses of lives and the clear link that lead to an enraged and splintered Middle East.
Thank you Edward, a reference to the transcendental poets and the Perennial Philosophy which permeates eastern philosophy. It points to what the west needs to hear, value and incorporate in our shortsighted 'exceptionalism' that threatens to tear both us apart and divide the world.
Excellent article to save as an overview of 'How President Trump Happened' as a result of decades of short-sighted, dishonest actions by the US governmental and our citizens' denial of it. That denial arose along with American ignorance of parallel hegemony in history that lead to fascism, all of which we can see building before us now.
From my perspective, another causative factor that is missing from this discussion is the recognition that the billionaire class representing industry, finance, and sports/entertainment are the ones responsible for sending the jobs out of the country, degrading the products' specs that shave off more for their own profit, stiffing the Mexican/Asian people who manufacture our goods, which are then sold for an uber-profit to the poor in America who have the fewest options from which to choose. So both populations -- the overseas producers of goods for us and the poorest of Americans purchasing them -- suffer the result while the American One Percent get richer and talk about the benefits of ‘Tax Reform and 'Trickle Down Economics'.
Other than the military, Trump's cabinet and advisors are part of this rapacious culture. Our citizens need to hear this. When they finally understand how they have been deceived and gutted, there will be another parallel historical event -- the bloodshed of The French Revolution -- but only if we can survive Trump and his Nuclear Wet-dreams.
One of my all-time hero reporters. Please continue working with your keen eye and heart in presenting the truth behind the facades. Thank you !
EXCELLENT article as well as the associated articles you have offered here. As a 'waspy' 71 year-old American woman, I cringe at the whole Trump fabrication. Trump is anti-American and a dangerous sociopath.
Is there an online place to send appreciative emails to the Khans who should see how much their courage, compassion, and willingness to sacrifice their privacy means to the US citizens with open ears to hear them ?
America's shame within the international community will only be lifted once we prosecute our own US 'political architects' responsible for the war crimes of invading Iraq, and the cascading losses of lives and the clear link that lead to an enraged and splintered Middle East.
Thank you Edward, a reference to the transcendental poets and the Perennial Philosophy which permeates eastern philosophy. It points to what the west needs to hear, value and incorporate in our shortsighted 'exceptionalism' that threatens to tear both us apart and divide the world.