The Triumph of Nonsense

Published in Frankfurter Rundschau
(Germany) on 31 May 2012
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Translated from by Ron Argentati. Edited by Gillian Palmer.
Mitt Romney is looking for supporters who have audience appeal. But anyone who has a supporter like real estate magnate Donald Trump truly needs no enemies.

Victory for Mitt Romney. After his Texas win, he now officially has enough delegates to be named the Republican Party's nominee for president at their convention. Although he was the presumptive favorite right from the start, he still had to spend $300 million and a great deal of time to win out over a colorful mass of candidates, none of whom would have stood a chance of being elected to anything in Germany, even in a small town election.

Romney isn't even popular with Republicans, as evidenced by the primary elections themselves. As a result, Romney takes up with anyone willing to publicly support him — from his erstwhile opponent Rick Santorum to George W. Bush, on to actor Chuck Norris and down to (although it’s difficult to believe) the totally loony real estate predator Donald Trump, the guy who loves to cram the world full of his phallic towers.

Beside the Trump Towers, Trump has one other obsession: To convince people Barack Obama isn't really American, having been born in Kenya or Indonesia or God alone knows where else, and is thus ineligible to serve as president of the United States. Trump never misses an opportunity to trumpet these totally nonsensical, often racist and completely discredited theories whenever he can. And what time and place could have been better than on the evening of Romney's Texas triumph at a victory dinner for the governor hosted by Donald Trump himself? Anyone who has friends like that truly doesn't deserve any enemies, a fact amply demonstrated by the interview Trump did with Wolf Blitzer.


Triumph des Unsinns

Mitt Romney sucht sich Förderer, die ihn publikumswirksam unterstützen. Doch wer Unterstützer wie den Immobilienhai Donald Trump hat, der braucht wirklich keine Feinde mehr.


Triumph für Mitt Romney. Nach dem Sieg in Texas hat er auch offiziell die Delegiertenstimmen zusammen, um beim Parteitag zum Präsidentschaftskandidaten der Republikaner gekürt zu werden. Obwohl er von Anfang an der Favorit gewesen ist, musste er viel Zeit und über 300 Millionen Dollar für seine Wahlkampagne investieren, um sich gegen eine bunte Kandidatentruppe durchzusetzen, von der in Deutschland keiner auch nur in einen Kreistag gewählt würde.

Nein, nicht einmal die Republikaner lieben Romney. Das haben die Vorwahlen eindeutig bewiesen. Also verbündet er sich mit jedem, der bereit ist, ihn publikumswirksam zu unterstützen – von seinem ehemaligen Gegner Rick Santorum über George W. Bush, den reaktionären Schauspieler Chuck Norris bis zu, man glaubt es kaum, dem mittlerweile völlig durchgeknallten Immobilienhai Donald Trump, der die Welt gern mit seinen phallischen Türmen vollbaut.

Neben seinen Trump Towers hat er aber noch eine weitere Obsession: Obama zum Nicht-Amerikaner zu erklären, der irgendwo in Kenia oder Indonesien oder weiß Gott wo geboren ist – und daher gar nicht US-Präsident sein dürfte. Keine Gelegenheit lässt Trump aus, um diese längst widerlegte, völlig unsinnige und sogar rassistische These herauszuposaunen. Und wie könnte man sie besser platzieren, als in einem Interview mit CNN am Abend von Romneys Triumph, kurz vor einem Spendendinner, dass Trump für den Kandidaten ausrichtet? Wer solche Freunde hat, braucht wirklich keine Feinde mehr, wie der Wortwechsel Wolf Blitzers mit Trump demonstriert.
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