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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think I was misunderstood when I asked who was afraid of Trump.
I think that we the people, the citizens of the US, have a very good reason to be afraid of Trump. More than any other politician than we have seen to date. He is a threat to everything decent in this world and to our democracy.
What I meant was, Why are so many POWERFUL people afraid of Donald Trump. There are people who are surely aware of the destruction he can cause. Where is the leadership? Why are so many powerful people kissing his fat, flabby ass? That is what I want to know. Where are the heroes in this country?
edhopper
(33,591 posts)will give them more power and make them richer.
Opposing him could cost them.
It's that simple, you expect the rich and powerful to have ethics and a consonance?
Warpy
(111,282 posts)the thin skinned and spiteful Twittler will cut them off completely.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)I hate to do this, because it is such an important topic, but your screen name, did you ever watch the HBO comedy series "Family Tree?"
If not, your screen name implies you will get a big kick out of the sister character.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It''s from when I first found DU and it's a nickname for GWB. I should probably change it by now.
JenniferJuniper
(4,512 posts)Trump is like the cornfield kid from the Twilight Zone. Completely nuts and soon to be one of the most powerful people on the planet.
Not excusing their cowardice, but I really think they will all continue to cower because Trump is so unhinged.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)then selling off their possessions for pennies to himself...
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)And that so many others with power are just so willing to stand aside and let him take it.
LisaM
(27,815 posts)And his other connections.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I just hate this passivity in the face of evil.
LisaM
(27,815 posts)For the life of me, it doesn't make sense how people like that get a following to begin with. Why wasn't Bif always a joke? Why did time travel have to factor into it? Why do people enable bullies?
People keep making the comparison of Trump to Hitler, but I'm reminded more of Oswald Mosely, who, thank God, became a joke eventually.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Where are they?
unblock
(52,257 posts)dictators stay in power by serving the interests of people who protect that power.
in donnie's case, he's got an insanely biased media and anarchic social media forum, and a posse of brownshirts who yell and scream and call and email and hack and threaten.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)We'll never solve that as long as republicans are in power.
unblock
(52,257 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)This can't go on. It is destroying this country.
unblock
(52,257 posts)coordinated like they are, with frames that serve our interests, not theirs, etc.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)him any questions. He will throw insults and seek retribution for the tiniest hint of insult spoken about him. He has done that over and over - to the rich and powerful down to the poor and meek. And thus, the people stay silent, out of fear of retribution.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)who can challenge his power. How can someone so stupid, so weak, so pathetic wield so much power in this country? It's just not right.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)It is his only language. For us little people start with a complete boycott of every trump interest we can find. Run it to the ground. Protest in front of his hotels? Golf courses?
Bettie
(16,111 posts)he declares himself president for life.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It makes me sick that so many people can put their own personal quest for power over their country. What has happened to this nation?
Bettie
(16,111 posts)but it makes me really sad for my kids.
I have two boys hitting 18 during this buffoon's term. I'm so afraid for them...and they are white males, who will have an easier time than many, many others.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I hate to think of the world they are going to grow up in.