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"How This Will End" by Eliot A. Cohen
Eliot A. Cohen's recent editorial in The Atlantic is yet another condemnation of President Trump that fails to assess the "big picture."
True, President Trump has deviated from the mediocrity of previous incumbents, but that's a good thing.
1. Unlike President Obama and career politician and social worker Hillary Clinton, President Trump has polarized the United States to deal with its overt racism and sexism. That's a good thing, because it has prompted conversation and change.
2. Unlike President Obama and career politician and social worker Hillary Clinton, President Trump has polarized the United States to deal with its uncompensated position as "police" for the entire world while the world fails to pay the U.S. for its protection. That's a good thing, because it has prompted conversation and change.
3. Unlike President Obama and career politician and social worker Hillary Clinton, President Trump actually met with North Korea's president. That's a good thing, because it has prompted conversation and change.
4. Unlike President Obama and career politician and social worker Hillary Clinton, President Trump has dramatically spurred unprecedented business growth. That's a good thing, because it has prompted conversation and change.
5. Unlike President Obama and career politician and social worker Hillary Clinton, President Trump actually negotiates trade and political agreements for what's in the best interest of the United States and NOT for what's best for other countries. That's a good thing, because it has prompted conversation and change.
6. In the wake of President John F. Kennedy and President William Clinton, it's ridiculous to complain about President Trump's "morals" or womanizing, particularly when it's now "legal" for members of Congress to openly engage in homosexuality and marry! Since religious tenets against homosexuality no longer matter, it's truly time to embrace John 8:7 - "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
7. Donald Trump became a billionaire as a businessman, not as a politician. Conversely, Bill and Hillary Clinton becoming millionaires soley as a direct result of their political aspirations, and they used their "political offices" to generate millions of income and/or revenue for their so-called fundraising endeavors; so, it's ridiculous to complain about President Trump's business relationship with Russia or whomever or whatever. What's good for the goose . . .
8. As reported by the New York Times, the richest 1% of U.S. citizens, which includes President Trump, hold about 38% of all privately held wealth in the United States, while the bottom 90% held 73% of all debt; and the richest 1 percent in the United States now own more wealth than the bottom 90 percent. Clearly, when it comes to "Making America Great Again" one size does not fit all, and President Trump has polarized the United States to deal with wealth inequality in the United States. That's a good thing, because it has prompted conversation and change, and change is necessary because:
FACT: The overall status of people of color, especially Black people (http://www.tripoetry.com/Black.htm) and Native American people, has NOT improved under any President of the United States.
FACT: People all around world recognize the hypocrisy of American democracy (i.e., genocide, slavery, discrimination, internment camps, incarceration, wealth disparities, oppression, sexism, etc.) and how the hypocrisy of American democracy is sustained by White privilege (http://www.tripoetry.com/White.htm). That's NOT a good thing, because genocide, racism, and discrimination continue to exist. Albert Einstein said it so clearly, “Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
One size does not fit all, because the U.S. has never been an egalitarian nation with equal opportunity for everyone. The pervasive mediocrity of an impotent Congress and a castrated presidency has denied or confined the "pursuit of happiness" for the overwhelming majority of people of color, poor White people, and women. Like it or not, President Trump is a "change agent" to propel U.S. citizens to take action. Again, that's a good thing, because "change" was promised but did not occur with President Obama.
Again, one size does not fit all.
QUESTION: So, Eliot A. Cohen, instead of charting the demise of President Trump why don't you spend more time charting specifically what President Trump can and should do to truly make America great?
ANSWER: That would require having intellectual fortitude (business acumen, cultural awareness, and technological savvy). Political scientist Eliot A. Cohen is yet another White male pseudo-intellectual with absolutely no tangible connection to the ongoing hardships, the perpetual challenges, and pervasive obstacles faced by people of color, poor White people, and women. Ultimately, the greatest threat to the destruction of the United States is NOT President Trump, but the Doctrine of Discovery and the Thucydides Trap (http://www.tripoetry.com/White.htm#doctrine). Instead of writing yet another condemnation of President Trump, Eliot A. Cohen should "get smart" and advise President Trump on how best to make America Great!
I welcome your feedback.
Trip Reynolds
trip.reynolds@yahoo.com
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