The ongoing “reality show” of Trump (Trumpism)  continually  provides controversial shock value to Americans and by an large, the global community. The constant babbling, his exaggerated hyperbole(his coined phrase for lies), verbal assault on media and intelligence community, unintelligible domestic and foreign doctrine and presidential improprieties are now being given the vapid cover “political correctness”. While in other corners  of human society, such attitudes are ascribed as a “slow decay of democratic fibers”.  This platform of Trump has driven the Republican party into the business of defending his antics, playing fast and loose with facts and using his innate nature of ignorance as a vehicle to pass far-right  conservative policies invariably choosing party over country. It has driven Democrats into the arms of being sometimes irrationally presumptuous with Russia-Trump collusion, resisting Trumpism, resisting Trump far right agenda. These attitudes arose after losing their economic messages, disconnecting with rural communities, losing political offices from county, state to presidential therefore deemed politically disheveled and/or insignificant.  Reputation, decorum, dignity and  leadership are on the downward spiral  at the helm of Trump who is a global caricature as China, Russia, France and Germany are proactively filling up the leadership vacuum.
Trump’s personal twitter page has become official “Presidential statements” ranging from his untruthful rants, his oft-embellished accomplishments,  incongruous personal attacks to his indescribable “covfefe”. Some Americans has ascribed his unconventionality as being strong or a middle finger to the political establishment and the last hope for primarily the white populace especially in poor and rural communities. The problem with such blind support is Trump cares only about Trump. Trump is not humbled by the his office, he feels apologetically entitled. Trump chooses to be naive about the details of policies and laws. He focuses on the unyielding loyalty of appointees, media and government to him  rather than the populace and/or constitution. In his era of blatant disregard of transparency, he has refused to divest his financial interests or reveal his financial records causing a inevitable conflicts of interests from America to other parts of the constitution.  These are not qualities that should be part of a  democratically elected  President but rather a pseudo-totalitarian. The American President is a person serving “all” people not the 30% populace (primarily his base).
Alas! all hope is not gone
There are ways to truly resist Trumpism and restore order and balance:
- Focus and build on a progressive economic message: The country is ready and ripe for a “New Deal”. The income and wealth inequality has ravaged the country from the words from progressive and/or liberal economic minds from Joseph Stigilitz, Paul Krugman to Robert Reich. Democrats should resist the impulses to be “too” aligned with big corporations and Wallstreet. This is not as FOX news put it “class warfare” against the 1% , “welfare state creation”, “anti-capitalism”  or “communism and/or socialism” but a  restoration of fair and balanced economic platform defined by a truly “mixed economy of capitalism and socialism” which i define as “Progressive Capitalism” rather than the historically scary socialist label. Democrats have to design their message not as “takers from the wealthy” but “restoring economic fairness wrapped in the American flag”. They have go into their memory bank and restore themselves as “Franklin Delano Roosevelt party” rather then the “Clintonian party”. Americans are longing for politicians to be more “economically truthfulness and grassroot populism” not “hypocritical lapdogs to the 1%”. The age of “voodoo economics”  or trickle down economics or supply side economics have created a pseudo plutocracy consequently exacerbating  the economic health of most Americans. The progressive agenda should be wrapped around “Keynesian economics”. This message will resonate with the working class both poor  and the middle regardless of race, age, gender or sexual orientation. The economic brand on positions on healthcare, minimum wage, Wallstreet regulation,  social benefits, fair and reasonable taxation regardless of social class making education more cost-effective. The economic prowess of a nation is defined by the ease of the poor to migrate to the middle class not expanding the wealthy. The spending power of a massssive ive middle class has been historically and mathematically  known to be have a direct relationship with yearly GDP growth rate.Â
- The unusual separation of Trumpism from Conservatism/Republicanism: The media has fallen to the habit of trying to separate Trumpism from conservatism.  The question that lingers in my head as I watch CNN, MSNBC, Bloomberg TV to ABC is why  commentators, liberals and even republicans dissociate Trump from Republican ideology? Trump is not passing or advocating for liberal, centrist nor  progressive policies. From immigration, healthcare, regulation,economy, environment, education to law and order, the policies being rolled out are out of the “conservative playbook”  specifically “far right and/or alt right”. Trump ran on far right populism not a centrist populist as Macron of France or Hilary Clinton nor a progressive populism as of Bernie Sanders. Trump should always be associated with Republicans conservatism. The Trump presidency which has been heaped with scandal, controversy and investigation to the detriment of conservatives but he is still  carrying the  banner of Republicans so it politically advisable to voters that they are reminded he is a Republican not some nontraditional, independent ad-hoc politician. Trump is the epitome of a perfect Republican. Someone might ask how? He has used the platform of far right conservative politics, pushed for corporate welfare while styling himself as a man for the poor and unforgotten, push for oligarchical society on the splendor of charisma wrapped with the overt and/or covert use of racial antagonism.  In modern history, Republicans have used racial dog whistles and culture wars in shoring up white voters especially in the South . The infamous Southern strategy and Ayn Rand libertarian philosophy studied  and covertly utilized by Goldwater, George Wallace, Richard Nixon, Newt Gingrich, Lee Atwater, Ronald Reagan, George Bush I and II, Rand Paul, Paul Ryan, Jeff Sessions and Steve King meet its greatest overt believer….Donald Trump.  Today, Trump has amplified the underlying racial resentment in some whites especially the poor ones towards the “others” accusing them of the economic, political, demographic and cultural shift that supposedly does not fit the 1950’s white America. Republicans show contempt for the vulgarity of Trump but share 99.9 percent of the ideology he pushes. So Republicans, don’t complain and cry about the fact you cannot control Trump….He is  uncontrollable but a perfect conduit conveying the true message of modern day Republicanism…..The vagrant racial faction that have nested and occasionally been feed by the Republican party is out of the woodworks and sitting in the Oval office.
- Resisting Trump’s quickbaits: The trolling diatribe that rolls out from Trump’s twitter feeds and lips shouldn’t be the primary focus of mainstream media, and Anti-Trumpists. Focus on the the policies and the ever-hypocritical message that he sold to the unfortunate populace. Trump is a man that is driven by what people think of him which feeds into his insatiable narcissism. Trump has mastered  the art of distraction by showing one hands of his unconventional bloopers on social decorum or identity politics  and hiding the real hand which proposes detrimental policies.
- Resist the urge to looking for the Russia-Trump smoking gun and impeachment: The continual obsession of possible coordination between Trump campaign and Russia has been exhausting, overwhelming and almost mirroring conspiratorial theories out of “Alex Jones colorful mind”. There is cause to investigate the possibility of such treasonous act but  the focus of should be on Trump’s policies which affects the everyday American. Robert Mueller, a man of bipartisan support and utmost integrity  will perform a thorough inquiry so we should all sit back and wait. We should remember that the Watergate investigation took almost 2.5 yrs to approach a conclusion.  Personally, I am more concerned of financial ties especially “supposed” Russian related money laundering during his run as Trump Organization business owner and current conflicts of interest rather than the electoral collusion. We s shouldn’t advocate for impeachment now for Trump because he has been a nightmarish enigma to Republicans which Democrats can rally around. Should we impeach a far right, implosive, self deprecating and hypocritical Trump for a straight laced far right Christian conservative Pence. I will take the first choice!!!!!
-  Campaign on Anti-Trump policies not Anti-Trump: Clinton ran on an Anti-Trump platform which ousted her to the woods.  Running against Trump has to built on the policies that he is advocating and enacting that are detrimental to Americans. There should be effort in pointing out the hypocritical, incomprehensible and detrimental undertone to this policies. Trump has to be seen as for what he is… a man that is clueless about the details and consequences of his policies  not his character flaws.
- One sentence: Focus on economic message and avoid overplaying in the field of “identity politics”.…it is self explanatory that Trump himself will fall in an inconceivable trap of playing identity politics surrounding race, gender and sexual orientation and he get swallowed by his decrepitude which is his “callous lips” which will inevitably galvanize more opposition……Focus on solutions of racial, gender and sexual orientation inequalities backed with socioeconomic measures not the controversies.
Americans are looking for change to the status-quo establishment political-economic machinery the question is what type of change? Do you want a Trump change? or a Bernie change? ….The ball is in your court
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