Donald Trump Dreams of Taking Revenge on New York*

Published in Folha
(Brazil) on 26 October 2022
by Lúcia Guimarães (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Jane Dorwart. Edited by Helaine Schweitzer.
There is no reason to let down your guard if Bolsonaro loses; the fury of the rejected is only likely to increase.**

Hell hath no fury like a man scorned. From Donald Trump to Paulo Guedes, the fools who choose to parade their flashy mediocrity in public, bearing a grudge against the clubs who didn’t welcome them as members, may lack the vision to govern, but they are unable to tame their destructive rage.

Guedes, who is leaving a dumpster fire for his successor, is seething with resentment, as he imitates the diction of a possible minister of economics under Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, maybe because the potential minister started his career as the successful CEO of an American bank.

Donald Trump, now a resident of Florida, makes rare visits to New York, where he was born and lived until he moved to the White House in 2017. The majority of New York voters despise the former president, who is threatening to run for president again in 2024.

But the rejection which bothers them the most is something else. Just like Guedes, whose intellect, academic credentials and plans to govern were never taken seriously by economists, Trump was despised by his peers, the titans of New York’s economic elite.

Crime has begun to climb in New York since the pandemic began. But official statistics from September show that New York City still is more secure than it was in 2000, when Republicans governed the city and the state.

Unlike the last era of violent crime in New York, which was marked by bankruptcy in 1970 and followed by a crack epidemic that lasted into the 1990s, a new surge in crime is perfect ammunition for local Trumpists. They’re not the majority, but they have a major ally in the media controlled by Rupert Murdoch.

A Republican congressman who denies that Joe Biden won the election now has a chance of becoming governor of New York State. Lee Zeldin is anti-abortion, anti-environmental policies, and against judicial reform to protect minorities incarcerated in disproportionate numbers. He has run a one-note campaign: crime, crime, crime.

If elected, it is likely Zeldin will roll out the red carpet for the orange ogre. There is speculation that Zeldin will hand out pardons to Trump, who is facing civil charges by the state and criminal charges against his company by New York City.

Director and screenwriter Tony Gilroy ("Michael Clayton" 2007) , who grew up in New York, recently recalled the search for a location for the horror film "Devil's Advocate" (1997). "We wanted the most gaudy and hideous apartment for a businessman," he said, referring to New York City’s Trump Tower penthouse, covered in gold and imitation paintings from the Palace of Versailles.***

In the film, the penthouse is inhabited by a sociopath accused of killing his wife, stepson and maid. “Trump gave us the key and we didn’t need to adapt the setting,” Gilroy recalled. “He came to watch the filming the whole day, trying to get close to Charlize Theron. And every one of us on the set laughed at that crooked clown, the loser who pretended to be rich,” reacting just like those who despise him.***

Trump has inflicted a string of defeats on the Republican Party since 2018, but his henchmen have a chance to capture the majority in the House and seats in state legislatures in November. It’s no longer hyperbole to say that American and Brazilian democracies are under threat.

If Brazil awakes on Monday, Oct. 31, free of the most repulsive occupant of the Planalto, that will be no reason to let down your guard. The fury of the rejected is only likely to increase.

*Editor’s note: The original language version of this article is available with a paid subscription.

**Editor’s note: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro to become president of Brazil on Oct. 31, after this article was published.

***Editor’s note: Although accurately translated, the quoted remark could not be independently verified.








Donald Trump sonha em se vingar de Nova York
Não há motivo para relaxar a guarda se Bolsonaro perder; a fúria dos rejeitados só deve aumentar

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26.out.2022 às 17h45

O inferno não conhece fúria como a de um homem rejeitado. De Donald Trump a Paulo Guedes, os tolos que escolhem desfilar sua cintilante mediocridade em público, remoendo rancor dos clubes que não os acolheram como sócios, podem não ter visão para governar, mas não conseguem domar a cólera destruidora.
Guedes, que está deixando um incêndio de lixeira para seu sucessor, esperneia de rancor, imitando a dicção de um possível ministro da Fazenda de Lula cujo currículo ele inveja, quem sabe, porque começou com sucesso como CEO de um banco americano.
Donald Trump, agora morador da Flórida, não alardeia as raras visitas a Nova York, onde nasceu e morou até se mudar para a Casa Branca, em 2017. A maioria dos eleitores nova-iorquinos despreza o ex-presidente, que ameaça nova candidatura à Casa Branca em 2024.

Mas a rejeição que incomoda mais é outra. Assim como Guedes, que nunca foi levado a sério por economistas com intelecto, solidez acadêmica e planos de governo, Trump era desdenhado pela sua turma, os titãs da elite econômica nova-iorquina.

Desde o começo da pandemia, o crime voltou a subir em Nova York. Mas um exame das estatísticas oficiais de setembro mostra que a metrópole ainda é mais segura do que era em 2000, quando a cidade e o estado eram governados por republicanos.
Ao contrário da última era de crime violento, marcada pela falência fiscal de Nova York nos anos 1970, que seguiu com a epidemia de crack até os 1990, a nova alta do crime é munição ideal para os trumpistas locais. Eles não são maioria, mas têm grandes aliados na mídia controlada por Rupert Murdoch.





Um deputado republicano que negou a eleição de Joe Biden tem agora chance de se eleger governador do estado de Nova York. Lee Zeldin é antiaborto, antipolítica ambiental e antirreformas judiciais para proteger minorias encarceradas em números desproporcionais. Ele faz uma campanha de uma nota só —crime, crime, crime


Se eleito, deve estender o tapete vermelho para o ogro laranja. Há quem especule que daria indultos de presente a Trump, que enfrenta um processo civil do estado e um criminal na cidade contra sua empresa.
Recentemente, o diretor e roteirista Tony Gilroy ("Conduta de Risco", 2007) recordou a busca por uma locação para o filme de terror "Advogado do Diabo" (1997). "Queríamos o mais berrante e horroroso apartamento de um empresário", disse ele, que cresceu em Nova York, numa referência à cobertura da Trump Tower, revestida de dourado e imitações de pinturas do Palácio de Versalhes.
A cobertura é habitada no filme pelo personagem and acusado de assassinar a mulher, o enteado e a empregada. "Trump nos deu a chave, nem precisamos adaptar o cenário", lembrou Gilroy. "Ele vinha espreitar a filmagem todo dia, tentando chegar perto da Charlize Theron. E todos nós rindo no set daquele palhaço vigarista, o perdedor que fingia ser rico", como os que o desprezavam.

Trump infligiu derrotas em série ao Partido Republicano desde 2018. Mas seus capangas têm chance de capturar a maioria na Câmara e assentos nos Legislativos estaduais em novembro. Não é mais hipérbole afirmar que a democracia americana e a brasileira estão sob ameaça.
Se o Brasil acordar na segunda-feira (31) liberto do mais repulsivo ocupante do Planalto, não há motivo para relaxar a guarda. A fúria dos rejeitados só deve aumentar.

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