Trump’s Accomplices

Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
(Germany) on 6 October 2024
by Andreas Ross (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Michael Stehle. Edited by Michelle Bisson.
Who is lying? Who is abusing the justice system? Who is endangering democracy? In Trump’s world of alternative facts, the answer is clear.

Donald Trump is a grandmaster at turning the tables. He laid the foundation for his rise about eight years ago when he parried fact checkers’ evidence of his lies by declaring the majority of the media to be part of the fake news machine.

Trump, who in his four years as an erratic commander in chief went through four national security advisors as well as three defense secretaries and repeatedly raised doubts about America’s loyalty to its allies, is selling himself as an anchor of stability in terms of foreign policy after four years of “Biden chaos.” And although Trump tells his audience how he wants to sic the justice system on his opponents, he accuses the Democrats of violating the law — because prosecutors are going after his crimes.

Brutalization? The Democrats Are To Blame!

This weekend in Butler, where Trump portrayed himself as an almost-martyr three months after an assassination attempt, his running mate, JD Vance, reiterated the accusation that Democrats are encouraging extremists when they characterize Trump as a danger to democracy. However, this attempt to pass the brutalization of politics onto the Biden-Harris camp should not be enough.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk claims, rather, that “the other side” wants to take freedom of speech and the right to vote from Americans. He says Trump must win in order to maintain America’s Constitution and democracy.

Yet another turn of the table that Trump’s associates are using to pick at the heart of democracy.


Wer lügt? Wer missbraucht die Justiz? Wer gefährdet die Demokratie? In der Trump-Welt aus alternativen Fakten ist die Antwort eindeutig.

Donald Trump ist Großmeister im Spießumdrehen. Das Fundament für seinen Aufstieg legte er sich vor rund acht Jahren, als er die Lügen-Nachweise der Faktenchecker parierte, indem er den größten Teil der Medien zur Fake-News-Maschinerie erklärte.

Außenpolitisch verkauft sich Trump, der in seinen vier Jahren als erratischer Oberbefehlshaber vier Nationale Sicherheitsberater sowie drei Verteidigungsminister verschliss und immer wieder Zweifel an Amerikas Bündnistreue weckte, als Stabilitätsanker nach vier Jahren „Biden-Chaos“. Und obwohl Trump seinem Pu­blikum ausmalt, wie er seinen Gegnern die Justiz auf den Hals hetzen will, wirft er den Demokraten Rechtsbeugung vor – weil Staatsanwälte seinen Verbrechen nachgehen.

Verrohung? Die Demokraten sind schuld!

In Butler, wo Trump sich am Wochenende drei Monate nach dem Attentat als Beinahe-Märtyrer inszenierte, erneuerte sein „running mate“ J. D. Vance den Vorwurf, die Demokraten ermunterten Extremisten, wenn sie Trump als Gefahr für die Demokratie darstellten. Der Versuch, auch die politische Verrohung im Biden-Harris-Lager abzuladen, sollte aber noch nicht genügen.

Tech-Milliardär Elon Musk behauptete vielmehr, „die andere Seite“ wolle den Amerikanern die Meinungsfreiheit und das Wahlrecht nehmen. Trump müsse gewinnen, um Amerikas Verfassung und Demokratie zu bewahren. Noch so ein umgedrehter Spieß, mit dem Trumps Gesellen im Herzen der Demokratie stochern.
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