Author: Jeff Taylor

In what he represents, Donald Trump is not as unique as either his admirers or his despisers think. How do we explain the Trump phenomenon?  When he announced his candidacy for president, no one believed that he had a realistic chance to enter the White House.  He was viewed as a joke candidate running an ego-driven campaign to promote his brand and his reality television show.  He stunned everyone by defeating 16 opponents for the Republican presidential nomination—most of whom were respected, professional politicians.  He did this despite increasing opposition and hysteria from the GOP establishment, Beltway conservative pundits, neoconservatives, … Continue reading →

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Trump = Hitler.  The evidence is overwhelming. Trump is of German descent on his father’s side.  This makes Trump suspect because Hitler was also German.  The last U.S. president with a German-American father was Dwight Eisenhower, who served as Supreme Commander of the Nazi Forces in Europe.  General Eisenhower somehow managed to overcome this political liability to be elected president less than a decade later but he retained pro-Berlin sympathies throughout his time in office.  According to one blogger, Hitler remained Eisenhower’s preeminent inspiration.  Is this the chance we want to take with another German in the White House? Trump’s … Continue reading →

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