In this conflict between defenders of America’s liberal democratic order and Trumpism, those of opposition and resistance have wisely steeled themselves for stories of cruelty as state policy. Trumpism’s aim is a herrenvolk, where his demographically homogeneous base receives permanent preference over others, and in which that same base delights in deprivations and depravities inflicted…
Trump
Elections, Politics, Presidential race 2020, Trump
That’s Not Confidence…
by JOHN ADAMS •
One reads at Politico that Donald Trump is confident his core coalition of die-hard supporters can propel him to a second term in the White House, asserting in a new interview that he may not even bother reaching out to swing voters in his re-election campaign. “I think my base is so strong, I’m not…
Poll, Trump
Fox News Breaks the Bad News to Cocooned Trumpists
by JOHN ADAMS •
Politics, Poll, Press, Trump
Trump Asks, Pollster Answers
by JOHN ADAMS •
Authoritarianism, Elections, Fellow Traveler, Fifth Columnist, Foreign Affairs, Herrenvolk, Never Trump, Politics, Russia, Trump, Unfit
The Fifth Columnist at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
by JOHN ADAMS •
While a fellow traveler – however detestable – is merely someone who sympathizes with an adversarial foreign power, a fifth columnist is someone who actively cooperates – colludes, one might say – with a hostile foreign state. For all the talk of no collusion (styled as NO COLLUSION in a bigoted authoritarian’s tweets), Trump at…
Elections, Local Government, Politics, Trump
Forget Electability
by JOHN ADAMS •
Jennifer Rubin looks at the latest Quinnipiac Poll and concludes Dumping the ‘electability’ canard is liberating: If Trump were not delusional, he would be panicked by the [poll] results. He loses to not only former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), but also South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sens. Elizabeth Warren…
Economics, Economy, Taxes/Taxation, Trade, Trump
Trump’s Trade War, Explained
by JOHN ADAMS •
Fashion, Trump, Unfit
Vulgar Outside, Disordered Inside
by JOHN ADAMS •
Embed from Getty Images Robin Givhan wisely observes that Trump’s catastrophic fashion choices in England were not just a sign of bad taste: For any man to bungle white-tie dress — something so regimented, so steeped in tradition, so well-documented — he must be a man who doesn’t bother with the details, who doesn’t avail…
Bigotry, Mendacity, Race, Trump
All in the (Trump) Family
by JOHN ADAMS •
Charity, Crime, Immigration, Trump
Charity as Crime
by JOHN ADAMS •
Bad Ideas, Environment, Foxconn, Health, Scott Walker, Trump
‘Trump Appointees Shunted Scientists on Pollution at Foxconn Site’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Accidents, Authoritarianism, Congress, Trump
Virginia Heffernan on Congressional Action (by reference to the Chernobyl Distaster)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Agriculture, China, Economics, Economy, Trade, Trump, Wisconsin
Worse Ahead for Farmers
by JOHN ADAMS •
The price of supporting Trumpism – whether on economics, immigration, or foreign policy – is decline. For it all, some farmers will choose their own humiliation, their own degradation, for the sake of supporting Trump. Tory Newmyer describes what awaits Midwestern agriculture in Farmers are bracing for more tariff pain. But they’re sticking with Trump…
Economics, Trade, Trump
Trump’s Bottomless Ignorance on Display (Yet Again)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Libertarian-leaning GOP Congressman Justin Amash responded this morning to Trump’s completely-wrong-no-good-and-backwards-beyond-belief Twitter claim about trade deficits: Trump: We have lost 500 Billion Dollars a year, for many years, on Crazy Trade with China. NO MORE! Amash: A trade deficit is not a loss of money. If you buy from a supermarket or go to a…