➢This post won't have any relevance a decade from now. That being said, it IS relevant now.
I really like the way Trump treats the media, and is destroying PC culture. That's awesome.
But, there are some things that aren't so awesome about him, and it's giving me serious reservations. I think it's pretty obvious by now that Trump has an ego. A big one. Not just a big one, but one that possibly rivals Obama's ego. Now granted, I'd rather have my narcissist in the White House than the progressives' narcissist in the White House, but...
How about at least a narcissist with solid philosophical backing?
And to answer the nay sayers: No, he really doesn't.
Trump may have positions - I don't deny that. He simply has no philosophical roots to his positions; they don't have any deeply held core principles propping them up. That's why a decade ago Donald Trump was perfectly fine with partial birth abortion. He didn't actually care about the issue at the time; he merely said it because he was a New Yorker, and he didn't care, so he picked the most popular "official" position of New York.
Now Trump wants to represent conservatives - so he'll represent conservative positions. But once he's president, what's to stop him from deciding suddenly that he doesn't represent just conservatives; he represents all people. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, because most people have some form of philosophical core. Hell, even Barack Obama, as jaded and narcissistic as he is has a philosophical core (of sorts).
But Donald Trump is a populist. And when he gets into the White House, he may decide that he represents everyone. And he'll pick the loudest people "in the middle" to represent.
Of course, the media controls the perception of what "the middle" is, so while Donald Trump is blasting the media, he's also going to suddenly start doing everything they tell him to do, because he doesn't really have a political opinion of his own. Will he still do great on certain things? Certainly. He will probably do exceedingly well in regards to the economy and America's foreign affairs. But socially, not so much. He simply doesn't care.
Donald Trump is smart enough to destroy the media hold on politics, and officially put an end to any idea of political correctness. That in and of itself has value - and it sends a really clear message to Washington that nobody buys their bullshit any more. But, if Donald gets owned by the media's portrayal of America, then all of this ends up being a big joke.
And Donald has one hell of an ego. Hell hath no wrath like a Donald scorned, but hell is no icier than a Donald pretending nothing ever happened - and we can't ignore the fact that Donald HAS lied about his own words in the past.
Or conveniently forgot, as it may be. I sincerely hope he doesn't conveniently forget any of his campaign promises once he's in office.
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