12-09-2016, 03:03 AM
Donald Trump probably starts with a lower approval rating than Herbert Hoover
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To be sure, Hoover was a man of integrity, much more learned than Trump, and definitely a man of peace. By standards of the time he was no racial or religious bigot. His personal life was unexceptionable and he had no conflicts of interests.
To be sure, Hoover was a man of integrity, much more learned than Trump, and definitely a man of peace. By standards of the time he was no racial or religious bigot. His personal life was unexceptionable and he had no conflicts of interests.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.