Enemies and Anthems (National Review)

[struggle4progress]

By JAY NORDLINGER
June 26, 2018 8:46 AM

At his rally last night, President Trump referred to the press as “the enemy of the people.” He has done that frequently. “Enemy of the people” has a long, horrific pedigree ...

Last year, Trump sat with Vladimir Putin, who pointed at reporters and said, “Are these the ones who insulted you?” The two leaders then had a good chuckle over that ...

Later in the year, Trump sat with Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. When reporters tried to ask Duterte about human-rights abuses, Duterte called them “spies.” This got a laugh out of Trump.

You could forgive Filipino journalists if they didn’t laugh. Duterte is a killer of them. He made the notorious statement, “Just because you’re a journalist, you are not exempted from assassination, if you’re a son of a bitch” ...

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/enemies-and-anthems/

[Solly Mack]

1. Trump gauges his words for acceptance and then proceeds to actions.

I've noticed it. Surely others have as well.

He'll make a comment - enemies of the people - bad people/rapists/child smugglers/gang members - (kneelers) should be thrown out of the country - he then continually reinforces the thought - with his own words and by praising dictators by echoing those same thoughts with them - of which they agree and that solidifies the thought even more for Trump.

He measures how his words play and then keeps hitting on the points that get the most cheers for him. He then starts the process of turning those thoughts into actions.

He's seeing what he can get away with and the more he gets away with the more his words will become actions.

[rockfordfile]

2. National Review is a far right rag.

[struggle4progress]

3. Yes. And the article I posted is rightwing overall.

But in this crisis we need wide opposition to Trumpism and so should consider what various sectors of our body politic say, though we are not obliged to agree with or repeat everything