09 May 2016
Trump’s Contempt
The repeated exaggerations, misstatements, contradictions
and inaccuracies of Donald Trump’s rhetoric during his 2016 Republican primaries
campaign does not just display his recognition that his supporters are less
interested in him as a source of reliable information than as an effective
spokesman for their frustration. Those
tactics really expose his utter contempt for the intelligence of the voters on
whom he depends for overthrowing the GOP’s establishment.
Donald Trump has enjoyed exercising the power that his
wealth provides. It is a sad comment on
many of his supporters that they cede power over them to someone who has great
monetary wealth no matter how he amasses it or how he uses it. The traditional Republicans and other leaders
who oppose Trump’s capture of the nomination resent the possibility that so contemptuous
a person will be in line to lead our nation.
That resentment similarly characterizes the reaction of
international officials to a possible Trump Presidency. They translate it into the contempt they feel
all Americans must have for the rest of the world to even consider it ok to
elect someone like Trump to be the “Leader of the Free World.”
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