A charismatic populist political outsider who largely gained support by making vague promises of restoring greatness to his country by blaming all of its problems on a minority scapegoat.
This is not a forecast of what is poised to potentially occur in the U.S.'s coming presidential election. This is what happened when Hitler rose to power and the world knows very well how that worked out.
Many American voters, as well as his supporters in Canada and elsewhere, seem to rally behind Trump because of his “outsider” status. Somehow, having absolutely no political experience is seen by many as a good thing. Yet in any other professional line of work, someone without experience wouldn't be considered even for a heartbeat — well, perhaps for an entry-level position but not the boss's chair.
Let's face it. Trump is a billionaire and he is anything but an outsider to the system. He's the only candidate to refuse public disclosure of his income taxes. He is among America's oligarchy, the 0.01 per cent billionaire class that is interested in nothing more than ensuring its own prolonged power and wealth. Let's not kid ourselves. Trump is only concerned about one thing — Trump. He could not possibly care any less about the average working person but has successfully conned many among the working class into believing otherwise.
People who support Trump also seem to like that he's not particularly worried about political correctness. But there's a big difference between being too politically correct and simply being downright insulting.
We're talking about an individual who basically dismisses as menstrual any woman who disagrees with him, or a moron any man who challenges him. It's generally acknowledged that a person who resorts to petty insults in a debate has already lost the argument and has decided to instead appeal to the lowest common denominator.
The leader of the world's most powerful country should no doubt be able to demonstrate a level of sophistication beyond that of a grade school bully. And anyone who has listened to his rambling borderline nonsensical rants should by now have realized the complete and utter lack of substance in everything he says.
His reactionary and divisive rhetoric has the potential to fan the flames of conflict. In a recent political spat with a former rival Republican nominee, Trump's highly enlightened response was, “He started it.”
So, in other words, if some kind of military incident occurs with another nation on the international stage, he might not hesitate to push the red button because, you know, “they started it.”
An editorial in a North Korean newspaper even recently expressed its praise for the “wise” Donald Trump. That alone should raise some red flags for his supporters.
Sadly, if receiving support from one of the most repressive regimes in the world is not enough to get voters to reconsider their position on Trump, nothing will.
