My Name Is Trump and I Say What I Want

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January 24, 2018

Published in Clarín
(Argentina) on 17 January 2018
by Alberto Amato (link to original link to original)

Translated from by Megan Smith. Edited by Elizabeth Cosgriff.

The same day that Donald Trump spoke about “shithole countries,” referring to a group of nations that he obviously doesn’t like, the British newspaper The Independent published the results of a study on his speech, revealing that Trump has the language and comprehension level of an 8-year-old boy. This is the lowest [level] of the last 15 U.S. presidents. Regardless of this, the question is, what would have happened if another president, for example, Barack Obama, had had similar verbal diarrhea? He would have been lynched, or he would have paid the ultimate price for such an episode. While Trump is condemned, the guy still labels himself a genius and the ship sails on. Societies condone behaviors in some of their leaders that in other leaders would be condemned. It’s a mystery for sociologists. And we don’t need to travel to the United States to verify this strange social hypocrisy. Often, we just need to take a look around us.

... And I Also Do What I Want

The revelations about Trump’s adventures in Michael Wolff’s book "Fire and Fury" endanger a Republican victory in the midterm elections to be held in November this year. There is so much more to come. Four New York Times journalists revealed that, according to recent maneuvers and exercises, the United States military is silently preparing for a last resort: war with North Korea. Without saying so, the U.S. press suggests that, to avoid electoral defeat, Trump will unleash a war that will galvanize society in his favor. The guy is capable of doing it. Would he dare?

El mismo día en el que Donald Trump habló de “países de mierda”, en referencia a un grupo de naciones que, es evidente, no le agradan, el diario británico The Independent publicó el resultado de un estudio del discurso del estadista americano que revela que Trump tiene el nivel de lenguaje y comprensión de un chico de ocho años, el más bajo de los últimos 15 presidentes de Estados Unidos. Más allá de la anécdota, la pregunta es: ¿qué hubiese sucedido si otro presidente en lugar de Trump, Obama por ejemplo, hubiese tenido un episodio de similar diarrea verbal. Lo hubiesen linchado, o hubiese pagado un altísimo costo político por su guarrada. Si bien Trump fue repudiado, el tipo se declaró a sí mismo un genio y la nave va. Las sociedades perdonan conductas en algunos de sus dirigentes, que en otros dirigentes condena. Misterio para sociólogos. Tampoco es necesario viajar a Estados Unidos para comprobar esa extraña hipocresía social. A menudo basta con echar un vistazo por nuestros alrededores.

…Y también hago lo que quiero

Las revelaciones del libro “Fire and Fury”, de Michael Wolff, sobre las andanzas de Trump, más las andanzas propias de Trump, ponen en peligro el triunfo republicano en las elecciones de medio término a celebrarse en noviembre de este año. Falta mucho. Cuatro periodistas de The New York Times, revelaron que, según las recientes maniobras y ejercicios, el poder militar de Estados Unidos se prepara en silencio para un último recurso: la guerra con Corea del Norte. Sin decirlo, la prensa estadounidense aventura si, para evitar una derrota electoral, Trump desatará un conflicto bélico que galvanice a la sociedad en su favor. El tipo es capaz. ¿Será capaz?

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