NY Review - The Adults in the Room
For the first time, America has a president who does not act like an adult. He is emotionally immature: he lies, taunts, insults, bullies, rages, seeks vengeance, exalts violence, boasts, refuses to accept criticism, all in ways that most parents would seek to prevent in their own children.
Most Americans will probably accept this realistic evaluation of their President - but will say, in response "So what? What difference does this make?"
And believe it or not - they are right! America has not changed a bit - all Trump has done is make obvious what they already are. And what kind of parents they already are - like their parents before them. The sins of the parents, shall be visited on their children as explained here.
When the focus is on their parents, instead of on their nation (an abstraction they cannot focus on) Americans can remember how their parents treated them - not very well! But they will also show, in their lives - that they have been unable to cope with this most basic of problems.
For them, having a President that displays what their parents were like - is a step forward, out of the darkness they have been forced to live in. And it is a welcome relief.
They do not have to struggle to remember their past - because Trump does this for them!
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