In his recent speech in Pennsylvania, Trump clarified and intensified his anti-Globalist position. The Associated Press reports:
"'This wave of globalization has wiped out totally, totally our middle class,' said Trump."
"Trump...criticized [Hillary Clinton's] past support for the
Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP trade deal], which he described as 'the
deathblow for American manufacturing.'"
"He vowed to renegotiate North American Free Trade Agreement [NAFTA] to
get a better deal 'by a lot, not just a little,' for American workers -
and threatened to withdraw the U.S. from the deal if his proposals
aren't agreed [to]."
"Trump has vowed to bring back [US] manufacturing jobs, in part, by
slapping tariffs on goods produced by [American] companies that move
manufacturing jobs offshore."
"He said the North American Free Trade Agreement, which was signed by Bill Clinton, was a 'disaster'..."
Trump didn't leave much room for doubt on his anti-Globalist stance.
There are many people who have yearned to hear this rhetoric from a
major Presidential candidate...but absolutely don't want to hear it (or
anything else) from Trump.
To them, he's a fast-talking cowboy, a hustler, a bullshitter of the first order, a rank egotist, a narcissist, a racist.
Fine.
Well, we had another candidate who was a mad dog for attacking
Globalism, although he didn't go quite as far. We had Bernie Sanders.
He's gone. He's voting for Hillary.
Too little, too late, Bernie just wrote an editorial in the New York Times. His subject: Globalism. Here's an excerpt:
"In the last 15 years, nearly 60,000 factories in this country have
closed, and more than 4.8 million well-paid manufacturing jobs have
disappeared. Much of this is related to disastrous [Globalist] trade
agreements that encourage corporations to move to low-wage countries..."
"We need to fundamentally reject our 'free trade' policies and move to
fair trade. Americans should not have to compete against workers in
low-wage countries who earn pennies an hour. We must defeat the
Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP]."
Sounds pretty much like Trump.
Of course, Bernie points out that this new revolution must NOT be headed
by Donald Trump. It must be led by Hillary Clinton. Bernie doesn't
actually mention Hillary by name. He uses the phrase, "a new Democratic
President."
That's because, as he well knows, the idea that Hillary will overturn
free trade treaties and slam back the force of Globalism is so absurd
it's laughable. Bernie knows Hillary is the last person in America who
would try to torpedo these trade deals. So he just bites his lip and
writes "a new Democratic president."
But Bernie is a straight shooter. He's not a bullshitter. Heavens, no.
I wonder which new Democratic President Bernie has in mind? Perhaps
it's Moses coming down from the mountain with ten strategies to create
jobs in America.
In past months and years, we've had other candidates who've come out
strongly against Globalism---Rand Paul (didn't have the intensity); Ron
Paul (lacked intensity of delivery, and the media/GOP cut him out of
debates and withdrew coverage); Ralph Nader (never had a prayer).
So, for all those people who can admit Trump is saying the right things
about Globalism and making all the right promises---but hate him for
various reasons---we obviously need someone else who will say what Trump
is saying, get it across, attract huge crowds, and garner widespread
support. Who is that? Where is he? Where is she?
Nowhere.
Therefore, let's all vote for Hillary, right? Because at least she
isn't a bullshitter or a wild cowboy, and she can maintain stability
here at home while US forces launch a few dozen wars under her
guidance. No? No good? Hillary's a...what? A demented vulture?
Really?
Hmm.
Is it possible to perform some kind of surgery on Trump's brain, so he
emerges saying the same things about Globalism, but actually means them,
minus the ego and the narcissism? Could his brain be shifted over from
that of a hustler to a man of the people? No? No such surgery exists?
Too bad, eh? Because this real estate gunslinger is actually talking
about canceling NAFTA and refusing to ratify the TPP, two cornerstones
of the Globalist agenda. He's talking about punishing US companies who
shift manufacturing jobs overseas, by laying on tariffs when they export
their products back to US customers.
Maybe brain-dead indoctrinated college students don't understand what
all this means, but US workers who've been thrown out of their jobs sure
as hell do.
Trump actually makes a distinction between Globalism and what's good for
America. He doesn't pull back from doing that. Because, after all, if
you bring the lost US jobs home from the clutches of Globalists, that
is, in fact, good for the people of the US, right? And therefore, it's
good for America.
But of course Trump is completely insane and he's a major league liar, so he's out.
How about this? A mind-control experiment in which everything Trump has
been saying about Globalism is automatically transferred into the brain
of LeBron James. Then LeBron shows up at the Democratic National
Convention, announces his candidacy, throws down a few thundering dunks,
and steals the nomination from Hillary.
Can we pull that off?
No?
Oh well. It's only 4.8 million lost US jobs (and more coming). It's only 60,000 US factories closed down (and more coming).
So where are we? Let's look at the leaderboard.
On one side, we have Hillary Clinton. She's in the pocket of Big
Pharma, she's dedicated to the advance of Globalism on every possible
front ("it takes a village"), she can't sleep at night unless US planes
are bombing some helpless population.
On the other side, we have Donald Trump, who's saying all the right
things about Globalism's attack on America, but he just happened on this
rhetoric by accident, he doesn't mean any of it, he's lying all day and
all night, he wants to change the name of the White House to Trump
Tower II. We know he's lying because Bill Maher and John Oliver say so.
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