Posted on Oct 19, 2020
Jeremy Scahill: “Trump Is Not the Root of the Problem, He Is a Product of American Imperial...
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Donald Trump ran for president in 2016 with a mixed message of attacking the legacy of the Iraq War and U.S. military adventurism, while simultaneously pledging to commit war crimes and promote imperialism. As we look back at Trump’s record, Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of The Intercept, says his flouting of international norms and bullying of other countries is in keeping with how U.S. presidents have long behaved. “Donald Trump is not the root of the problem. Donald Trump is a product of American imperial history,” Scahill notes.
Jeremy Scahill: “Trump Is Not the Root of the Problem, He Is a Product of American Imperial...
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I'll agree that he's not the problem. The problem is all of the series of events, systemic failures, moral failures, educational failures and lapses in judgement that got us to this point.
If you hand a toddler an AK 47 and they then go on a shooting spree, yeah, the toddler was pulling the trigger, but I'm more worried about who decided to give the weapon to the toddler.
The US has precisely the President and government that it voted for, and thus the one it deserves. Whether that is for better or for worse is up to the individual, but either way, we did this collectively.
If you hand a toddler an AK 47 and they then go on a shooting spree, yeah, the toddler was pulling the trigger, but I'm more worried about who decided to give the weapon to the toddler.
The US has precisely the President and government that it voted for, and thus the one it deserves. Whether that is for better or for worse is up to the individual, but either way, we did this collectively.
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