09-17-2016, 09:43 PM
Donald Trump makes so many contradictory promises that he will have to spend much of his time deciding which promises to betray. That will be a very bad start.
He seems to be appeasing Boris Putin before Putin has made any threats of offered any empty promises of 'peace in our time'. Putin isn't Hitler, but at this point Trump is worse than Neville Chamberlain.
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/43...pen-really
The attempt to unify extremes is right out of the playbook of Juan Peron.
Justicialismo, anyone?
He seems to be appeasing Boris Putin before Putin has made any threats of offered any empty promises of 'peace in our time'. Putin isn't Hitler, but at this point Trump is worse than Neville Chamberlain.
Quote:One thing is certain: There’s nothing here that even hints at constitutional conservatism. Trump’s face, like Obama’s before him, would become the face of his party. In the wake of Trump’s continuous policy and media onslaught, the principles of limited government would disappear. Conservatives would fall in line behind Trump, seeking to uphold his agenda because he was “their man.” Those who failed to fall in line would be labeled enemies of the country in Republican circles. A New American Consensus would be formed, merging the ad hoc populist Right and the Democratic Left. The era of conservatism would end.
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/43...pen-really
The attempt to unify extremes is right out of the playbook of Juan Peron.
Justicialismo, anyone?
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.