RE: President Trump: Politcal Genius or Insecure Idiot
I can't resist an opportunity to express my opinion on President Trump. He is no genius. He is a rich megalomaniac. In a world as absurd as the one we live in, that's enough to make him look like whatever the media wants him to be.
Is Maduro a genius? Of course not. How come he is still in office? How come Trump was elected? Will Trump be able to get re-elected. I don't doubt it. He should not (in an ideal world), but he may be.
I applaud James's altruism and his plitical stance. That's what any thinking person should do, more so if s/he happens to be a celebrity. It is not about making money and looking good, it should be about what to do with that money, what impact to have in society, what legacy to leave behind.
Everything is political, sooner or later, and we all are affected by it, sooner or later. Anyone who demands from celebrities total neutrality and silence in political matters is either too stupid or too cynical. If artists or athletes have power over their fans to influence their behavior, they'd better use it for a noble cause.
Celebrities are citizens as well and have all the right to speak out politically no matter who they support. I applaud LeBron James as and anyone else who uses their platform to do good for the world. I too like you just hope they use their influence for a noble cause.
Agree. I feel so frustrated at people who praise Trump for his alleged management skills, in terms of US economy. I doubt that is the case, at least in the long term, but evn if it were, even if the US ended up having a stable and prosperous economy, that would not change what he is and what he has done.
Venezuela's only free-of-debt time was during Juan Vicente Gomez's dictatorship. How can that supercede his brutality? I am not saying Trump has done anything close to a brutal dictator, but he has the authoritarian impulse of a guy who would not take no for an answer, who is used to using his money and connections to get things done,no matter what and who is so arrogant, he would not accept criticism.
So, I think that to overenphasize any economic success (and for that we still have to wait for the finale of this tarif soap opera) at the expense of social and political tensions is to ignore the big picture.
Trump may not be the only racist american president,but to have one these days is shameful, i think. Many american presidents expressed their racism only in private and we know about it only because of the biographies that were written, most of them after they wee dead.
One thing that should distinguish statesmen is their capacity to control their tongues and their emotions. Trump, like Maduro and Chavez before him, cannot do that and that's a great disservice to the office.