The blazing question of our tie is this, does the rational intelligent population of this nation have the proverbial balls to stand up and destroy the white nationalism, xenophobia, misogyny, ant-Semitism, and the rest of reactionary agenda the Trump administration has brought to our government? My sense is no, it does not.
Unless Trump and Bannon are stopped stand ready to accept and be governed by hatred, alternative facts , division, and the bigotry that defines Trump and his administration. Trump and Bannon do not represent American values nor do they represent or understand our constitution.
Here’s Bannon February 23, 2017.
The reclusive mastermind behind President Trump’s nationalist ideology and combative tactics made his public debut Thursday, delivering a fiery rebuke of the media and declaring that the new administration is in an unending battle for “deconstruction of the administrative state.”
Stephen K. Bannon, the White House chief strategist and intellectual force behind Trump’s agenda, used his first speaking appearance since Trump took office to vow that the president would honor all of the hard-line pledges of his campaign.
Appearing at a gathering of conservative activists alongside Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Bannon dismissed the idea that Trump might moderate his positions or seek consensus with political opponents. Rather, he said, the White House is digging in for a long period of conflict to transform Washington and upend the world order.
“If you think they’re going to give you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken,” Bannon said in reference to the media and opposition forces. “Every day, it is going to be a fight.”
He continued, “And that is what I’m proudest about Donald Trump. All the opportunities he had to waver off this, all the people who have come to him and said, ‘Oh, you’ve got to moderate’ — every day in the Oval Office, he tells Reince and I, ‘I committed this to the American people, I promised this when I ran, and I’m going to deliver on this.’ ”
Yes indeed. He promised his base, which makes up approximately 40% of the people, and he is going to deliver. So, if we want America to actual;ly fulfill its promise and continue to be a guiding light for liberty and justice the 60% had better damn well dig in for the long fight. And, be prepared to take casualties. Because that is how those folks run.
