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What we face
by digby
There’s a lot of talk right now about how to resist the Trump onslaught. I wish I had the answer. I know that it doesn’t lie with looking at the past or trying to right the wrongs of the 2016 election. This is a new day and he is unlike anything we’ve faced before. Fighting old wars will enable Trump not beat him.
Chris Hayes said this yesterday and I agree:
We should all be spending more time listening to Hungarians https://t.co/9VICEN5Bxd— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 29, 2016
That article is not encouraging. But it does provide some clarity. This is the best description of what we’re seeing from Trump so far:
Populists govern by swapping issues, as opposed to resolving them. Purposeful randomness, constant ambush, relentless slaloming and red herrings dropped all around are the new normal. Their favorite means of communication is provoking conflict. They do not mind being hated. Their two basic postures of “defending” and “triumphing” are impossible to perform without picking enemies.
Then drop that into a world in which his followers have their own news and conception of reality and you have a major challenge.
I hope to be trying to sort this out in 2017 and I really appreciate all of your contributions to the holiday fundraiser this year to help me make that happen. I don’t have the answers. But I’m determined to at least try to see this problem as clearly as I can. This is a new situation for America and it’s important to maintain our grip on that central truth or we will not be able to successfully resist what’s coming.
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Happy Hollandaise everyone.
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