Those who quickly dismissed Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency are wrong. As his nomination as the Republican candidate for the presidency is becoming increasingly possible, it is worth analyzing his announcement as a candidate, since it offers an insight into the main tenets on which his presidency will be based. Rather than being a rambling account of a confused man’s thoughts, his announcement is a testament to the vagaries of the capitalist system, and the unpredictable turns of history.
Mr. Trump is incisive in his opinion about the waves of migrants coming to the United States. I should know, since I am an immigrant myself, although not necessarily one of those people who “have a lot of problems, and they’re bringing those problems to us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” Perhaps some of these statements are right. On more than one occasion I brought some aspirin tablets from my overseas trips...
Let’s see what Mr. Trump’s foreign policy approach to the war in Yemen would be. One of his strategies is nothing short of brilliant. Let’s hear his innovative solution. “And believe me, you look at the border with Yemen. You remember Obama a year ago, Yemen was a great victory. Two weeks later, the place was blown up. Everybody got out—and they kept our equipment. They always keep our equipment. We ought to send used equipment, right? They always keep our equipment. We ought to send some real junk, because frankly, it would be—we ought to send our surplus. We’re always losing this gorgeous brand-new stuff.”
