Who Deserves Trump?

Not you of course, dear reader, you clearly don't deserve Trump; I'm just referring to a quote that's been used since the mid 1700s at least when Joseph de Maistre said: "Every nation gets the government it deserves."

At least three American presidents have used this famous adage; Thomas Jefferson said "The government you elect is the government you deserve," and Trump's disappointing Democratic predecessor Obama said "You get the politicians you deserve." And of course Trump himself, the megalomaniac who never misses an opportunity to feed his narcissistic ego, smugly said "America, you got the leader you deserve." It has to be said that in the case of the latter two, Obama and Trump, making this claim is particularly dishonest as they both turned out to be charlatans who lied their way into the Oval Office. That's always been the case, but with these two even more so than ever before just because of the magnitude of their broken promises.

I'm struggling to say that America as a whole deserves Trump, that's probably not true, but there's a good case to be made that his presidency represents a reflection of a good chunk of the American electorate. I mean, let's not kid ourselves and admit that racism and systemic racism are still major issues. I'm not saying this is uniquely American by the way: we Europeans have our very own far right racist populists to deal with, who are also a reflection of a good chunk of our electorates. Dumb people all over the western, "Judaeo-Christian" world cry about Muslims, Asians and blacks stealing their jobs, and then blame their governments for allowing immigrants to stay and steal the better jobs, the better homes and even the better (looking) women!

Still, some Trump voters truly deserve him. These voters are so dumb that they make a perfect match with the Clown In Chief and deserve to be screwed over by their "strong leader". I don't know if these people are just unintelligent or that their hatred towards non-whites and women completely overshadows their ability to reason. I know this is entirely anecdotal and coming from the Trump-hating mainstream media, but I still believe the below linked video contains at least a kernel of truth about Trump's hardcore voter-base. The people interviewed here are... well... just look for yourself... It's extremely funny, I promise, but also disturbing to be confronted with these people who have every right to their own misinformed opinions and have every right to participate in the democratic process. Compare them with the leader they so much adore by also looking at the above linked video in which Trump's latest unhinged interview is discussed; they really are a reflection of each other; hilarious, but in a deeply disturbing way...

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