3 Weeks Until November 5th and I’m Nauseous
Planning for a new path
If you have been a regular reader of mine for the past few months, you know how I feel about Trump. But frankly, I’m sick of it. There are 3 weeks until the U.S. election, and I’m nauseous considering the possibility of Trump, front and center, for another 4 years.
Nobody can keep up with his firehose of lies. And that’s precisely the point. Trump knows the media and writers like myself can’t keep up. He knows the more we try, the more we appear to be the crazy people; diagnosed by him and his supporters with “Trump Derangement Syndrome” or “TDS.”
It’s a deflection tactic. A way of saying, “You’re so obsessed with me to the point there must be something wrong with you.”
The constant attention on Trump only helps him. His supporters see him as being treated “unfairly”, and ganged up on by mainstream media. Even when his dangerous lies are exposed, he says something else even more outrageous that prevents us from fully addressing and swatting down the previous lie.
With MAGA as a legitimate part of the Republican Party, we are living in a post-truth world. The Revenge of Power by Moisés Naím explains how the witch’s brew of populism, polarization, and post-truth allows aspiring autocrats like Donald Trump to thrive. Under these…
