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Tuesday, February 06, 2018 6:02:24 PM
Trump's Divide-and-Conquer Strategy
"A Divider Not a Uniter, Trump Widens the Breach"
Robert Reich
February 6, 2018
AP Photo/Evan Vucci
President Donald Trump talking with reporters in the Oval Office
If Robert Mueller finds that Trump colluded with Russia to fix the 2016 election, or even if Trump fires Mueller before he makes such a finding, Trump’s supporters will protect Trump from any political fallout.
Trump’s base will stand by him not because they believe Trump is on their side, but because they define themselves as being on his side.
[...]
It’s the divide-and-conquer strategy of a tyrant.
Democracies require sufficient social trust that citizens regard the views of those they disagree with as worthy of equal consideration to their own. That way, they’ll accept political outcomes they dislike.
Trump’s divide-and-conquer strategy is to destroy that trust.
So if Mueller finds Trump colluded with Russia, or Trump fires Mueller before Mueller makes such a finding, the pro-Trumps will block any consequential challenge to his authority.
Nothing could be more dangerous to our democracy and society.
http://prospect.org/article/trumps-divide-and-conquer-strategy
See also:
He [Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier] will get the majority of Republicans who vote in the general election. It is who they are
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=138324729
The Memo Doesn’t Vindicate Trump. It’s More Proof of Obstruction.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=138260819
"A Divider Not a Uniter, Trump Widens the Breach"
Robert Reich
February 6, 2018
AP Photo/Evan Vucci
President Donald Trump talking with reporters in the Oval Office
If Robert Mueller finds that Trump colluded with Russia to fix the 2016 election, or even if Trump fires Mueller before he makes such a finding, Trump’s supporters will protect Trump from any political fallout.
Trump’s base will stand by him not because they believe Trump is on their side, but because they define themselves as being on his side.
[...]
It’s the divide-and-conquer strategy of a tyrant.
Democracies require sufficient social trust that citizens regard the views of those they disagree with as worthy of equal consideration to their own. That way, they’ll accept political outcomes they dislike.
Trump’s divide-and-conquer strategy is to destroy that trust.
So if Mueller finds Trump colluded with Russia, or Trump fires Mueller before Mueller makes such a finding, the pro-Trumps will block any consequential challenge to his authority.
Nothing could be more dangerous to our democracy and society.
http://prospect.org/article/trumps-divide-and-conquer-strategy
See also:
He [Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier] will get the majority of Republicans who vote in the general election. It is who they are
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=138324729
The Memo Doesn’t Vindicate Trump. It’s More Proof of Obstruction.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=138260819
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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