{"id":89,"date":"2017-02-13T16:44:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=89"},"modified":"2017-02-13T16:48:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T16:48:02","slug":"why-its-important-to-make-trump-look-like-a-loser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/89","title":{"rendered":"Why It’s Important To Make Trump Look Like A Loser…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Donald J. Trump’s inauguration he has\u00a0repeatedly shown use reason to be very concerned with his rise to power. After an 18 month campaign most already had a strong awareness of his deep and serious character flaws. His narcissism, \u00a0 xenophobia, misogyny, bigotry, and lack of empathy was obvious to anyone paying attention. We mean really paying attention.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

His closest and most influential advisor, Stephen Banning, is a self described Leninist who’s goal it is to destroy the establishment. Kellyanne Conway, like Trump himself is a liar, one who believe in presenting alternative facts to justify the administrations agenda. His cabinet picks are agenda driven right wing individuals who rather than move America forward are only interested in taking it back to the past. Presumably when privileged white men\u00a0called all the shoots.<\/p>\n

Of course then there is the biggie. Trump will likely have the opportunity to pack the courts <\/em>with conservative justices, most notably the SCOTUS.<\/p>\n

Donald J. Trump, in addition to all his other character flaws is an authoritarian. Already his use of executive orders, his constant dissemination of false facts, and his disregard for respect and proper\u00a0protocol is giving us a glimpse into The Real Donald.<\/em><\/p>\n

The following, excerpted from a conversation\u00a0with\u00a0Garry Kasparov in\u00a0\u00a0VOX<\/a>, <\/strong><\/em>makes the case why American’s who value their liberty and independence must make Trump look like a loser. We must do so using only the truth and we must be relentless in pursuing this objective.<\/p>\n

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Playing the calm voice of reason isn\u2019t my strong suit despite my chess background, but it\u2019s important to focus on what matters most so you don\u2019t lose track in all the noise and chaos that Trump creates so effortlessly. During the campaign, even during the GOP primary, I wrote extensively about the menacing and, to me, familiar nature of Trump\u2019s rhetoric. He used, and continues to use, the language of the strongman. Things are terrible and only he can solve the problems, we are surrounded by enemies and only he can protect you, etc. It\u2019s very similar to the framing that Putin and other dictators use to justify their power.<\/p>\n

The US president shouldn\u2019t need to speak like a tyrant. But Trump\u2019s still obsessed with legitimacy; hence his constant falsehoods about overwhelming victory and crowd size. You have an entirely unqualified president with autocratic instincts and dangerous advisers, who is quite possibly compromised by a malign foreign interest.<\/p>\n

We gave Putin a chance in Russia, and it was the last free election we ever had. It\u2019s far better to act and later admit you overreacted than to do nothing until it\u2019s impossible to act. Still, the United States is not Russia; institutions are far stronger. They\u2019ve just grown atrophied through lack of rigorous use, like an immune system that hasn\u2019t been under a direct attack in so long it can\u2019t respond to an infection.<\/p>\n

SKIP<\/p>\n

You have to reinforce the institutions, steadily and legally, and work through them. If you go too far, and react violently, it will only play into the hands of the Trump administration, which is already portraying all opposition as paid agitators and other ridiculousness straight from Putin\u2019s playbook. When I talk about these things on Twitter or Facebook, I immediately receive a bunch of \u201cHere too!\u201d responses from people living in other authoritarian regimes, from Venezuela to Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Riots will only frighten the \u201cmoderate middle\u201d you will need as allies sooner or later. If Trump convinces them with lies that the opposition is controlled by dangerous thugs, you\u2019re going to have eight years of Trump and another of his kind to follow. Stick to the facts, repeat them boldly and frequently, so his supporters see the would-be emperor has no bathrobe!<\/p>\n

The courts are important, but things won\u2019t really change unless enough Republicans start to see Trump as a liability to their fundraising and reelection chances. That could be quite soon if he can\u2019t fulfill his many campaign promises. Making him look like a loser is crucial. Either the GOP will turn on him or he will be chastened and more likely to compromise. If a demagogue succeeds in claiming credit for wins and scapegoating his enemies for losses, he\u2019s very hard to stop.<\/p>\n

SKIP<\/p>\n

Everyone must do what they can themselves and not wait for others to act. If you want change, you have to initiate action, even at a personal level that might seem insignificant. As the motto of Soviet dissidents went: \u201cDo what you must, and so be it.\u201d<\/p>\n

GOP politicians are putting party over principles by supporting Trump so loyally, and by so doing, they reveal they don\u2019t actually have any principles at all.<\/p>\n

There are many levels with which to like or dislike Trump\u2019s executive order, and on most of them, I\u2019m a critic. As an immigrant, if not quite a refugee, to the US myself, I\u2019m generally very sympathetic to people forced to flee their homelands, as my family and I escaped ethnic pogroms against Armenians in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 1990.<\/p>\n

It should concern every American that Trump was so hasty to sacrifice security for a quick PR move with his base. Even the biggest fans of doing this should be alarmed by how incompetently it was handled.<\/p>\n

Immigration has always been one of America\u2019s greatest strengths, both for its reputation in the world and in practical matters of economic and cultural wealth. Being the destination of choice for so many of the world\u2019s best and brightest has been a huge advantage, and anything that detracts from that \u201cbrain magnet\u201d will hurt the US economically, including the workers who benefit from the startups and other jobs created by immigrants. Trump\u2019s executive order has a big symbolic effect of making the US less attractive as a destination. Many Trump supporters will see this as a feature, not a bug, but this is ignorance and xenophobia.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read complete conversation BELOW THE FOLD<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Since Donald J. Trump’s inauguration he has\u00a0repeatedly shown use reason to be very concerned with his rise to power. After an 18 month campaign most already had a strong awareness of his deep and serious character flaws. His narcissism, \u00a0 xenophobia, misogyny, bigotry, and lack of empathy was obvious to anyone paying attention. 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