Trump has been continuing and expanding all of the depravities of his predecessors.
The only difference is he does it openly, making it look exactly as ugly and disgusting as it is.
Even his dishonesty is honesty, in a way.
He lies constantly, brazenly and without apology.
His predecessors have lied sneakily, subtly and usually only by distortions, omissions and half-truths.
Trump is a walking public service announcement that US presidents are liars.
Which is the truth.
Getting self-righteously angry about Trump—now a media industry with a life of its own–is not enough.
In the immortal words of Pogo, “We have met the enemy and he is us.”
As Camus’ novel
The Plague demonstrates, reactions to plague vary from denial to apathy to solidarity and resistance.
Trump is just a symptom of the deeper disease.
Nationalism is a powerful drug with dangerous side effects.
Promotion of nationalism long predates the Bush/Obama/Trump wars on terrorism.
It goes back to the first white settlers, Manifest Destiny, “Indian Wars,” and the war on Mexico.
From sea to shining sea everyone now enjoys the right to vote for Republicans or Democrats.
