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From "Assassination Politics: Is Donald Trump Reaping What He Sowed?"(www.colombotelegraph.com):
Donald Trump is not a good man. Yet his entry into politics has carved out a new, not a fresh, chapter in American politics. Deeply entrenched in identity politics and appealing to the base instincts of white nationalism (a kinder phrase for white supremacy), Trump has unleashed a most destructive mindset in the American drama and his appeal to those who are enthralled by the wild west' portrayed by John Wayne and Clint Eastwood cannot be understated. Instead of embracing the future, those Trump supporters have chosen to traverse back to the past; they indulge in the fantasies of a society in which the Blacks were still slaves and the Chinese were fruit pickers.
Their refusal to enter into a socially sophisticated and philosophically advanced social platform has caused tremendous fissures in the American milieu. The difference between the Republican Party supporters and Liberal-minded folks has opened up a never shrinking gulf between the two mindsets. On the brink of this social paradigm sits the most dastardly-minded super rich class. They have become the the fundamental cogs of the machine that rolls only one way- more profits for the rich and more tax cuts for the ultra-rich. It is a vicious cycle of political malpractice.
Anyone interested in history who goes to Mexico City might check out the Museo National de las Intervenciones - Museum of the Interventions (en.wikipedia.org). It tells a story with which many north of the border are not familiar. And somewhere in the great national storage room that is Mexico Coty is the single flag to have been retrieved from the Alamo. Texans tried to buy or trade for it, at,eastone offeredabounty for it no questions asked. Mexico just laughed
Vance has indeed said that if he had been vice-president on 6 January 2021, he would have done as Trump and his supporters demanded and blocked certification of results in key states won by Biden during the election weeks earlier.
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I'm going with Goering at the moment. (The Nazi-Trump link is Vance's own, when he wore different colors, a moment or two ago.). But Ol' Fruity is a real chameleon, so who knows? Lord Haw-Haw?