Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Donald
Trump: An American Tragedy not only for
the U.S., but also for the World
By Dr. Rodrigue Tremblay
(Author of the books “The
Code for Global Ethics”,
“If this [U.S.] government ever became a tyrant, if a
dictator ever took charge in this country, the
technological capacity that the
intelligence community has given the government could enable it
to impose total
tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back because the most careful
effort to
combine together in resistance to the government, no matter how
privately it was done, is within
the reach of the government to know.“ Frank Church (1924-1984), American
lawyer and U.S.
Senator, chairman of the Church Senate Committee, (in an
interview with TV program
‘Meet The Press’, Aug. 17, 1975)
“I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, and we stole. It
was like —we had entire training
courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment.” Mike Pompeo (1963- ), former
CIA director and presently Secretary of State in the Trump administration, (in April 2019, while
speaking at Texas A&M University.)
courses. It reminds you of the glory of the American experiment.” Mike Pompeo (1963- ), former
CIA director and presently Secretary of State in the Trump administration, (in April 2019, while
speaking at Texas A&M University.)
“I can tell you I have the support of the police, the
support of the military, the support of the
‘Bikers for Trump’ —I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough —until they go to a
certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad.“
‘Bikers for Trump’ —I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough —until they go to a
certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad.“
Donald Trump (1946- ), 45th American president and American hotel and casino owner,
(statement made during an exclusive interview, in the Oval Office, with Breitbart News, published
on Wed., March 13, 2019)
(statement made during an exclusive interview, in the Oval Office, with Breitbart News, published
on Wed., March 13, 2019)
The election of New
York far right businessman Donald Trump, in November 2016, has
turned out to be
a tragedy for the United States and also for the world, as more blunders, disasters
and catastrophes unfold under his inexperienced, impetuous and incompetent stewardship.
Politically, never in its entire history
has the United States ever had a president who
and the idea of co-equal branches of government, and who rejects the core
principle of
democracy that no one is above the law. This is a dangerous
precedent,
which is bound to open a Pandora’s Box of ominous things to come.
Ever since Mr.
Trump’s inauguration on Friday, january 20, 2017, he has talked and behaved as if he
policies, as never
before seen in modern times. This has been the case not only in
has tarnished the reputation of the United
States around the world. The same can be said
about Donald Trump’s divisive social
policies, which have intensified income and wealth
Let us review a few of
them:
1-
Trump’s dangerous fixation
with the stock market
The stock market is not the economy. As a
matter of fact, most economic recessions and
depressions have begun when the
stock market was very high or in a bubble, and about
to crash, very often due
to bad economic, regulatory and monetary policies that led to
unchecked speculation,
financial crises and financial panics.
This is not a trivial matter. Any fool can
push the stock market to unsustainable levels.
One has simply to print a lot of
money or to go deeply into debt. Some Third World
countries still do it, even
nowadays. —But when the rest of the economy goes the other
way, severe economic
consequences do follow. And that will not only damage the U.S.
2-
An American problem,
which turns out also to be a world problem
If the Donald Trump problem were only a
domestic U.S. problem, hope would be that
the political and legal systems in
the U.S. would be able to manage it. However, the man
not only professes to be
above American laws, he also talks and acts as if there were no
international
law. That is why that is an international problem and not only an American
problem.
Mr. Trump seems to see himself as some
sort of a self-proclaimed ‘king of the world’.
country, as he did in reference to North
Korea and Afghanistan. On another day, he
he did recently regarding the Turkish
economy…etc. —This is madness on a high level.
That such an individual in a position of
high authority, but with so little mental
capabilities and judgment, has
surfaced on the international political scene, in the
21st Century,
is most astonishing, and somewhat unbelievable.
What is especially scary in Trump’s case
is the fact that he surrounds himself with
filter and no safeguards around him,
against his impulsive and destructive moves. He
thinks and acts as if he were a
one-man government.
3-
The economic
consequences of Mr. Trump
The private sector of the U.S. economy is
one the most resilient and one of the most
productive in the world. However, Mr.
Trump’s chaotic approach to government and his
ill-thought economic policies
are bound, sooner or later, to have a very negative impact
on the economy.
public and military
sectors are supported by huge and unsustainable fiscal deficits.
Consumers,
going deeper and deeper into debt, keep the service sector humming for the
time
being. All the while the foreign trade sector is in disarray, thanks to the
destructive
trade
wars that the Trump administration has initiated.
One day, this fragile economic structure
built on debt and contracting trade flows is
going to collapse, and it is not
going to be pretty. And if one takes into consideration
the important
technological changes about to take place in the coming years, as the
transport
industry is going to be retooled, one could fear that the next economic
recession could be much worse, especially if the global economy and financial markets were to be derailed
in tandem.
4-
The political and
social consequences of Mr. Trump
It is pretty much admitted, by now, that
Donald Trump has been an important
factor
of division among Americans. The antipathy between Republicans and
Democrats, for instance, is as intense and more personal as it has ever been in
modern
partisan
polarization and social hostility between groups have risen over the last three
years.
No need to go further. The damage Mr. Trump has
done is already considerable.
Let us only hope that bad does not get
worse!
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International economist Dr. Rodrigue
Tremblay is the author of the book “The
Code for Global Ethics, Ten Humanist Principles”, of the book “The
New American Empire”, and the recent book, in
French « La
régression tranquille du Québec, 1980-2018 ».
Please visit Dr. Tremblay’s site:
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