The land of opportunity had an excellent reputation for giving people a way to rise above their means. That is why they were able to afford to bet on Donald Trump, who sold them a list of goods that had no substance and that incredibly maintains two years after his presidency.
The United States made history by electing the first non-white president of the industrialized world in 2008. Barack Obama saved a stagnant economy caused by 8 years of conservative leadership. The pendulum swung back with Trump’s election to show that he is more revealing about the naive American psyche.
Trump became president very possibly with foreign aid based on his previous shady deals. His methods of operation are transparent to those who are not fooled by his antics, such as those who have never enrolled in his notorious Trump University. Still, there are enough fools among Americans to hold the entire country captive to Trump’s colossal scam.
In late August 2018, a trade war started by Trump dominated the news and the stock market crashed over the uncertain future of world trade. At a meeting of the G7 of world leaders, Trump announced that China had called and that talks would resume. Clever! Stocks rose and remained there even as China denied any calls had been made. So far it is not known who was scamming whom, but Trump claimed that a lie on his part would have been a mere negotiation tactic.
Trump’s base, along with the stock market and Trump’s Republican enablers, seem to buy a safe claim. Done right, bragging about a victory is as good as a real victory. The proof of that dubious premise remains to be seen, but for those who are not fooled, the evidence is already overwhelming.
Trump proclaims that a wall is being built between the United States and Mexico. Numerous on-site sources contradict the claim. Trump issues an edict to build the wall as soon as possible, violating laws if necessary for the wall to be built for the next election. The timeline of those events seems logically clear. But a good part of the Trump support network seems to think Trump is admirable for his tenacity to do what he wants.
A society based on that mentality is an autocracy. Accept a tyrant as your leader. A democracy like America’s, temporarily spearheaded by a tyrannical business con man, is a credulous society deluded by irrational hopes, fears, and faith.
Peter Popoff started out as a televangelist and has circumvented the law for 25 years. Now he sells Miracle Spring Water in an elaborate scheme to hook believers. They get a free bottle of water and then hand out small amounts to achieve their goal. Some even get cash and make helpful testimonials for ads to promote water and generate more cash etc.
Trump is said to be furious about getting what he wants. For an objective observer, that complex hodgepodge of greedy goals boils down to one. Trump wants to fool the US and the world beyond by fooling enough people to keep him in a position to satisfy the entities to which he owes more than he will ever be able to pay.
Fortunately, the United States is bigger than Trump. Infrastructure is not just roads, bridges, and railways. It’s an aging system in America that Trump, the builder, promised to renovate. But more than that, infrastructure is the skeletal framework of the US, the system of institutions, protocols, and norms that make the United States move in an increasingly complex global world facing economic, climate, and immigration challenges. as a single human entity.
The task of uniting the world is daunting. The Amazon burns and emits carbon to affect the entire world. The sacrosanct right of sovereignty gives Brazil the right to deal with the situation as it sees fit. If the world does not agree with Brazil’s handling of the crisis, the United Nations was the forum established by the United States to arbitrate a solution.
It is true that the global infrastructure is much younger and more dispersed than even that of the US But there is no progress in either of the two as long as the United States has Miracle Spring Water in its eyes. The Founding Fathers can be thanked for a Constitution that points the way.
Clairvoyants in America are standing firm. They are returning the current fool country to the CHAMP position where it deserves to be.
