If Trump Were A Strong Man, He Wouldn't Be A Strongman

Lisa Senecal

Strong men do not go through their lives and the world in desperate fear that they will be perceived as weak. They do not bully. They do not attempt to dominate. They do not find satisfaction in emotionally, psychologically, physically, and economically abusing those who have less power. Strong men do not fear dissent and use all the tools at their disposal to silence ideas or people who do not agree with them, look like them, or think as they do.

Strong men are nothing like Donald Trump.

Trump is soft, coddled, fearful, and insecure. He desperately needs to be welcomed into the Strongman Club of despicable men like Bolsonaro, Kim, Orbán, and Putin to distract himself from what he knows to be true: no one would choose to be near him were it not out of fear or a lust for money, power, or both. He doesn’t have a stranglehold on GOP members of Congress because he is adored by them. The truth is, most are sickened by him and disgusted with themselves. I hope the Faustian bargains they have made are a daily torment.

The far right’s weak Christo-fascist men do not think of Donald Trump as a gift from God because he is a noble, admirable leader. He is a disgusting tool, a means to an end. I have no doubt that the authoritarian architects at The Heritage Society sit together and snicker about their good fortune in having been delivered such a useful idiot.

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