MAKE WAY FOR DONALD TRUMP
Hello hello my readers.
This is The Lone Wolf, reporting from his cozy room in this winter
season on a Monday evening, bringing yet another blockbuster blog about one of
the most talked about seismic shifts in the landscape of world politics. Well
folks today the spotlight of my blog shall be on the man who is now the most
powerful person in the free world, the person at the helm of the oldest
democracy on record.
Yes, you guessed it right, today I will be expressing my
unbiased opinion about The Elected President of America, DONALD J. TRUMP. On January20th,2017, Donald Trump took oath
for the most powerful office in the world, the office of the President of USA.
Since the day Trump announced his intentions
for running in the US presidential race, he has been a highly polarizing
figure, both amongst the citizens of USA and the media houses as well. Most of
the liberal media houses have largely lambasted Trump for his crass and
distasteful election campaign that has been replete with below the belt cheap
shots at his opponents, some right leaning media houses have tacitly supported
his election warcry.
I am writing this blog from the vantage point
of an outsider to American politics, so I would like to assure my American
readers on the outset, please don’t get offended from my opinions about your
judgement, because I really don’t care! I am writing this blog with the utmost
rectitude and have no intentions to ridicule you as a people of poor choice.
All those who closely followed the latest
American election would agree that this election campaign was perhaps the most
sordid election ever conducted in the American history on record. The language
that was being used from the winning candidate was downright obnoxious, his
views about many issues were disgusting, and all the shameful name calling that
preceded pertinent issues was nothing short of blasphemous cacophony.
Several learned people from the American
nuclear think tank have already sounded their worries about the fact that
Trump, who can easily be irritated by a simple tweet against him, is not
mentally fit to control the most powerful nuclear arsenal in the world. The
pope has remarked that even Adolf Hitler did not steal power, Hitler was
elected by his people and then he used that power to destroy his people. Many
political observers all across the world have pointed out that this election
result is yet another symptom of the increasingly alarming rightward shift
towards ultra nationalism and deglobalisation in the politics of post
industrial revolution western democracies, with the Brexit serving as another
anecdotal evidence.
It is no secret that Trump has tapped into the
undercurrent of disquiet amongst the American polity who have been sickened by
the democratic pandering towards the lower class and the elite. The middle
class felt spurned by their politicians, and in turn have chosen a demagogue
they don’t really fully understand.
Trump represents the extremely radical face of
ultra rightwing politics that feeds on the disillusioned citizens by feeding
them false hope in the name of nationalism. I would like to add a quick trivia that
chilling parallels can be drawn between Trump’s inaugural speech and Bane’s
speech of freedom in the cult movie THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, where both cajole
about giving the power back to the people, and we all know what Bane really was
upto. So, good luck to all the yanks.
Since this is such a cataclysmic development
that has spread ripples all across the world, I will be analyzing this election
result in two phases:
1. EFFECT OF TRUMP WIN ON USA
2. EFFECT OF TRUMP WIN ON THE WORLD
POLITICS
WHAT DOES TRUMP TIME MEAN FOR USA?
Trump ran an obnoxious campaign, resorting to language of the lowest denomination that shocked many. He expressed his views on several opinions, and based on these conjectures I will try to give my prognosis about the bleak times to come for USA.
Firstly, I will write about the impact of Trump
win on the socio-cultural fabric of
USA. While we can accuse the American society of blatant racism and
islamophobia, but there is no country on the face of planet earth that can
boast of being perfect. Despite its shortcomings, American society has largely
been very receptive of people from all castes and creeds. People from all across
the world have used the opportunities on offer in the fields of academics,
business, cinema and contemporary art and have become an inseparable part of
the American dream. Donald Trump is a man who stands in direct contradiction to
this social hybridization. It is a dark hour for pluralism and communal harmony
that this nation has come to stand for.
Trump has vociferously campaigned against
migrants and against muslims, denigrated black and latin Americans, launched
advertisements that had an undercurrent of being anti-Semitic, and all of his
inflammatory remarks were widely cheered by the racist white people who have
been made to believe that their incompetence is somehow not responsible for
their problems, but the “immigrants” are. Trump has promised to build a wall on
the Mexican border, and all such election sloganeering gives a chilling
reminder of how Hitler made Germans believe that Jews were the root cause of
all their problems. Trump also shows symptoms of suffering from the disease of
misogyny.
Trump has consistently denigrated, belittled,
sexualized and stereotyped women over the course of his campaign. During a
particular GOP debate, he was accused of referring to women he doesn’t like as
“fat pigs”, “dogs”, “slobs”, to which he impudently retorted that he didn’t
have time for political correctness. All his remarks about the social unity of
USA were surely been targeted to the lowest denominator of his country, and the
scary part is that he has succeeded in his endeavour!
Trump has repeatedly referred to the Mexicans
as “rapists” and “criminals”, threatened
to ban muslims from entering the US. He has regularly retweeted white
supremacists and neo-nazis.
To put it bluntly, if you are coloured or
Mexican or latino or Islamic, well, USA no longer will embrace you with a warm
hug. Such a divisive posture is for sure going to ring the death knell for the
American social unity.
After going through the social impact of this
horrendous win, I will now express my opinion about the ECONOMIC FALLOUT of
Trump’s win. From the end of this month,
Trump will assume complete authority of the American executive and the support
of a unified republican congress. While
the comprehensive analysis on this issue will only be possible after atleast 6
months of Trump’s presidency, from what we can make out of his remarks in his
campaign and his inaugural victory speech, it’s that American economy might
move towards deglobalization. He has threatened many foreign car companies to
move their production units to US land or face massive taxes, he has also
implicitly threatened the immigrant workforce that they might have to vacate
jobs for the “native” white folk. All such foolhardy rhetoric doesn’t augur
well for an open economy that’s so intertwined with the world economy. Trump is
expected to slash tax rates, especially targeted at the working and middle
class tax slab, who have been his mainstay constituency. He is also expected to
lower business tax rates to roughly 15%. Trump might also be able to implement
the Keynesian fiscal stimulus to promote growth. He may also boost public
spending and relax debt limits, to which the republicans are always averse to
whenever the incumbent prez is a democrat. In congruence with the President’s
vision on a massive splurge in spending on infrastructure and military
advancements, the US national debt is not expected to drop down any time
sooner. While a government sponsored stimulus might provide a temporary boost
to the economy, in the longer run it inevitably creates a spiraling
growth-decline phenomenon in the economy. With no panacea in sight or even a plan to
create jobs, the US economy is not expected to accelerate any time sooner.
WILL DONALD, TRUMP THE WORLD?
With the rise
of the dreaded ISIS, the ongoing civil war in Syria and simmering tensions in
the Indo-China water areas, the role of USA as a world power becomes all the
more important. But with the eccentric Trump now leading the most powerful army
in the world, it is hard to grasp what his approach shall be.
The US-Russia
relations are at an all time low since the fall of soviet union and the end of
cold war. Both the countries are at crossroads in their history. USA has
imposed economic sanctions on Russia for annexing Crimea and supporting
secessionists in Ukraine. The Chinese
aggressions in the south-china sea, its hegemonic approach towards its
neighbours and supporting rogue state Pakistan’s nuclear programme has created
a volatile situation in the Asia pacific.
Coming to the
issue of ISIS and Syrian crisis, it is highly unpredictable as to which way
Trump organization shall proceed. He has proclaimed that USA will wipe out
Islamic terrorism from the face of earth, but whether he is ready to sacrifice
USA’s “strategic assets” to bring order to this macabre war situation in the
area remains to be seen.
On the issue
of tensions with Russia, it is anyone’s guess. There are reports that President
Trump is a good friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, to which Trump has
described as being an asset not a liability, if the reports are indeed correct.
Also, there is a conspiracy theory that the Russian intelligence tampered US
elections to facilitate a Trump victory because they have a video evidence of
Trump in “compromising” situation, that they might use to gain leverage over
the US President. Trump, quite naturally, has vehemently denied all such
reports, even threatening the media of dire consequences for reporting this
story. Whether Trump extends an olive branch to Russians or adopts the
traditional belligerent approach would decide the future of the war torn realm
of sub-Sahara region.
On the issue
of China, Trump has been as coherent in his opinion as anyone can be. He has
openly berated China for its bellicose posture, often issuing warnings to the
Chinese leadership to tone down their stance in the South-China Sea. China, however is not a power that can be
bullied, even by USA, and I hope Trump administration adopts an objective yet
peaceful way to diffuse tensions in this region.
With all that
said, my opinion is that Trump may play to the gallery by upping the role of US
army in world diplomacy, which is only going to further deteriorate the world
order. Trump is an
impulsive leader who can easily be offended, his views on handling the US
nuclear arsenal have been inconsistent at best, and such a thin skinned leader
is in no way intellectually fit to lead the world order. His views on a host of
pertinent social issues have been highly detestable, his opinion of his
opponents is downgrading. He lacks empathy and any sort of mental faculties to
bring order to the floundering US economy.
I would like
to conclude this blog with a simple chant,
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