25 June 2023
Is Trump’s Base The People?
His critics charge that the former President only thinks of himself when considering the consequences of his actions—not the people in general. Nevertheless, he has a loyal following. Actually he claims that his following represents the people whose interests deserve to be served. His followers probably think of themselves as the ‘people in general.”
Joe Biden, in 2020, showed that it is possible to win a national election without that phalanx of voters. Despite his age, Biden can win the presidency again if he stresses to the majority that a second Trump term won’t be any more dignified than the first one.
It won’t hurt if Biden reminds the public of what they lost during 2017-21: self-respect, confidence in the rule of law, a reliable model of responsible behavior and leadership for themselves and their children, and a beacon of liberal democratic stability for other nations to measure their own civil fairness.
If Trump gets back into the White House, how will people answer the remark that Joe Biden reportedly made to his son when Hunter got involved in a questionable business deal— “I hope you know what you’re doing.” It has seldom ever been admirable to respond, “Sure do—just what Donald Trump would do.”
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