Adoration of an authoritarian nationalist strongman.
Arrogant ignorance, bigotry, paranoia, tribalism -- disguised as patriotism.
Unintentional mockery of "conservative values" and "small government".
Day-to-day existence within an ideological bubble that considers any "news" or "information" not provided within that bubble to be "fake news".
Yeah. That's about it.
That's pretty good. I was just going to describe it as knee-jerk dime-store patriotism for the slogan susceptible masses, so they do not have to think, only emotionally feel the orange thrill down the back of their leg. Yours is better.
nothing wrong with patriotism. i'm proud to be a patriotic American.
and the "thrill down the leg", was one of yours, not ours.
funny you got that confused.
Shoot, I'm a patriot. Lots of patriots on this board of different political strip or philosophical position. Most are not just MAGA-pies, though.
if you were a patriot, you would not be offended by trump's patriotism or the patriotism of his supporters.
Not offended by trumps patriotism because I recognize it does not exist. Kind of offended by how the trumpets were fooled by his false sloganeering pseudo-patriotism, accepting it for actually caring about the country, instead of the reality of him only caring about himself and what the country can do for his business model.
And what’s the proof of that? Reports are that he’s lost billions being President...
By MATTHEW NUSSBAUM07/16/2018 05:46 AM EDT Updated 07/16/2018 10:10 PM EDT Politico
www.politico.com/story/2018/07/16/trump-russia-putin-summit-722418
President Donald Trump on Monday publicly sided with Russian President Vladimir Putin over his own intelligence agencies, refusing to condemn the Kremlin for interference in the 2016 election and saying that “I don’t see any reason” why Russia would have hacked Democratic computer servers.
Russia, Russia, Russia! That’s all you heard at the beginning of this Witch Hunt Hoax…And now Russia has disappeared because I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected. It was a crime that didn’t exist. So now the Dems and their partner, the Fake News Media,…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
May 30, 2019
Updated 7:48 PM ET, Tue April 21, 2020
www.cnn.com/2020/04/21/politics/senate-report-russia-interference/index.html
A
bipartisan report from the Senate Intelligence Committee released on Tuesday has backed the US intelligence community's conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help then-candidate Donald Trump.
By
Julie Hirschfeld Davis and
Maggie Haberman Jan. 11, 2017 New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2017/01/11/us/politics/trumps-press-conference-highlights-russia.html
“As far as hacking, I think it was Russia,” Mr. Trump said, his first comments accepting the conclusions of United States intelligence officials that Moscow had interfered in the election to help him win.
/www.washingtonpost.com/politics/absolutely-unprecedented-trump-upends-long-held-views-with-openness-to-foreign-assistance/2019/06/13
With his declared willingness to accept help from a foreign government in an election, President Trump upended long-held views that such outside assistance is anathema in American campaigns, both because of laws prohibiting foreign contributions and widely embraced norms of fair play.
Trump blew through those notions this week, telling ABC News that if a foreign government offered him information on a political opponent, “I think I’d want to hear it.”
He added that his own FBI director, Christopher A. Wray, was “wrong” when he said during congressional testimony that campaign aides should always report offers of assistance from foreign entities to the bureau.
A federal judge on Friday issued a permanent injunction barring Trump from redirecting billions of dollars to build a wall on the country’s southern border.
lawandcrime.com
The ruling, by U.S. District Judge
Haywood Gilliam in Northern California federal court, affirmed his previous decision and made permanent last month’s injunction which temporarily stopped the administration from redirecting military funds for a border wall.
"This ruling is a win for the rule of law, the environment, and border communities."
www.commondreams.org
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed President Donald Trump another rebuke Friday by ruling that the administration's efforts to redirect previously appropriated Pentagon funds towards his border wall was an unlawful violation of the Constitution.
"You're really going to stand up and tell us that being able to sleep isn't a question of safe and sanitary conditions?" U.S. Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon said in response.
www.newsweek.com
At least seven migrant children have died in U.S. custody since late 2018 when the president began his policy of detaining them separately from their families.
The Trump administration went to court this week to argue that migrant children detained at the United States-Mexico border do not require basic hygiene products like soap and toothbrushes in order to be in held in "safe and sanitary" conditions. Trump's team also argued that requiring minors to sleep on cold concrete floors in crowded cells with low temperatures similarly fulfilled that requirement.
"You're really going to stand up and tell us that being able to sleep isn't a question of safe and sanitary conditions?" U.S. Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon asked Fabian.
Still, Fabian said that the Trump administration plans to apply for a motion of reconsideration and continue to appeal the ruling.
With trump trying anything short of an outright dictatorship on a variety of fronts until stopped by court order, it appears we are not the beacon to the world of a shining city on the hill anymore.
I do not know how much profit he has made personally as his records are hidden from public scrutiny, but his is not and has not made the moves he has made, due to a deep belief in truth, justice and the American way.