Did Donald Trump Just Win The Election?
the end. The next day, two nationalists in New York, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, made their way down to Washington, D.C. They were seeking Harry Truman, who was living not at the White House (it was being renovated), but at the nearby Blair House. They wore suits, and they carried guns. Their idea was simple: shoot their way into Blair Ho
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Physically, Bolsonaro suffered badly. The knife had done so much damage that for many months after the attack he had to wear a colostomy bag. But the attack brought him multiple political benefits. Opponents were obliged to soften their criticism of him and condemn the attacker, Adélio Bispo de Oliveira, a 40-year-old bricklayer, who claimed that h
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The idea that the real victims of the attempted coup are Trump and his supporters comes directly from the president. He has portrayed himself as the victim in chief throughout his time in office, as Yuval Levin noted, and his decisive loss in November has only amplified his already huge grievance.
“I know your pain. I know you’re hurt. We had an ele
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Jonathan Simcoe added
His popularity is growing—though you’d never know it from watching the news—but he’s increasingly battling unruly protesters inside and outside his large rallies. They block roads, pelt his supporters with eggs, kick and beat them, tear at their hair, beat on their cars, rip up their signs, and call them names. Rarely, a Trump supporter gets violen
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“In politics, as in nature, the largest tsunami generated by an earthquake is often not the first wave but the next one.”
We have seen the same vitriol emerge in the 2016 election, both from those supporting and from those opposing Trump. Voters in the Midwest who had been historically Democratic shifted in sufficient numbers to tilt the Electoral College and the election.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Le bilan sera singulier. Il blessera quatre badauds et tuera le maire de Chicago, Anton Cermak, qui dira à Roosevelt avant d’être transporté à l’hôpital : « Je suis heureux que cela ait été moi et non vous, monsieur le Président. »
Jean-Paul Dubois • La Succession (OLIV. LIT.FR) (French Edition)
Donald Trump won the election by grasping the alienation of broad sectors of society, not only from the federal government, but also from those who serve in it. There was a collision between the federal technocracy and those who had experienced and distrusted it.