Is Donald Trump Finished by the Endless Scandals?
Published in Huanqiu
(China) on 10 October 2016
by Editorial (link to original)
It seems Trump is on the edge of a cliff, at least if you read the opinion in the American press. From The Washington Post's reports of the recordings of his lewd discussions about women on Oct. 7, to other exposures of his lowbrow behavior in the mainstream press, the negative reports on Trump have been an avalanche. It was as if Trump was stripped naked and shown to be the hoodlum that he was by the American media.
Trump used to be a TV star, and many of his dirty comments were from that verbally prolific time. Some were said in front of the camera, and some were dirty jokes told in private. In the reports, he has bragged about trying to sleep with a married woman, and he did not even spare his daughter, once saying that she was a “piece of ass.”
The New York Times, CNN and The Huffington Post all participated in the garroting of Trump; the frenzy in the mainstream press seems to have swallowed him up. “It is time to permanently bury Trump!” said The Huffington Post.*
On Oct. 10, Trump and Hillary will have their second televised debate, where Trump’s humiliation of women will undoubtedly be a key topic.
Is Trump over? In America, this isn’t a multiple-choice question but a fervent wish of the American elite, and this was why this particular bombshell was ignited one month before the election. It has focused the mass hate the mainstream elite has for Trump, the representative of populism. This hate could be clearly felt in the American society, therefore their effect has a particular uncertainty.
As the Republican candidate, Trump is the least organized and rebellious electoral candidate the party has ever had. Some Republican bigwigs seemed to be plotting to replace Trump, but Trump has already concentrated a large number of middle- to lower-class supporters, so he could continue playing even without the party’s support. He is an out-of-control leader in the American election.
The newly exposed materials are undoubtedly negative for Trump; however, in today’s world, when the American elite and the middle- to lower-middle class are attacking each other, when popular opinion on the internet and in the traditional press differ widely, this negative impact has a wayward path. The American popular opinion seems to say that everyone knows Trump is not a good guy, but people also know that the prim and proper Hillary is not much better, and she may even be less honest than Trump. This year’s American election probably has the most maddening and ridiculous choices in Western electoral history.
The process exposing how bad Trump is is also a process exposing the corruptness of the American elite. The mass exposure of Trump in October is undoubtedly from an alliance between Hillary’s campaign team and some high-level elites. They have formed a giant community sharing the same interest, and Trump’s bizarre rise has threatened them.
It is almost certain that Trump, an old man who has lived through America’s glamorous world, would have dirt that was easier to find, and more interesting, than grandma Hillary. In their matches in the last month, Hillary might have a lot of advantages.
Trump never had a squeaky clean image, and he has a politically incorrect personality, such as his open discrimination of Mexicans and Muslims. If the American media keeps exposing more of his scandals, the negative impact will be less severe, or even evaporate. What will decide Trump’s fate is not how bad he is, but how many Americans want to keep on suffering under the hypocrisy, stubbornness, and domination by the elite as represented by Hillary. For them, Trump represents real change, but he is unreliable, so America is at risk under his leadership.
The American election this year has shown the predicament America is facing at the crossroads. Even if Trump lost, he would be an unforgettable political specimen. He may be shuffled into a corner of history afterwards, but the surging middle- to lower-middle class of America would not perish in the wind. This is a very interesting American election to watch.
*Editor’s Note: This quote, while accurately translated, is a paraphrase of the original quote used by The Huffington Post.
Trump used to be a TV star, and many of his dirty comments were from that verbally prolific time. Some were said in front of the camera, and some were dirty jokes told in private. In the reports, he has bragged about trying to sleep with a married woman, and he did not even spare his daughter, once saying that she was a “piece of ass.”
The New York Times, CNN and The Huffington Post all participated in the garroting of Trump; the frenzy in the mainstream press seems to have swallowed him up. “It is time to permanently bury Trump!” said The Huffington Post.*
On Oct. 10, Trump and Hillary will have their second televised debate, where Trump’s humiliation of women will undoubtedly be a key topic.
Is Trump over? In America, this isn’t a multiple-choice question but a fervent wish of the American elite, and this was why this particular bombshell was ignited one month before the election. It has focused the mass hate the mainstream elite has for Trump, the representative of populism. This hate could be clearly felt in the American society, therefore their effect has a particular uncertainty.
As the Republican candidate, Trump is the least organized and rebellious electoral candidate the party has ever had. Some Republican bigwigs seemed to be plotting to replace Trump, but Trump has already concentrated a large number of middle- to lower-class supporters, so he could continue playing even without the party’s support. He is an out-of-control leader in the American election.
The newly exposed materials are undoubtedly negative for Trump; however, in today’s world, when the American elite and the middle- to lower-middle class are attacking each other, when popular opinion on the internet and in the traditional press differ widely, this negative impact has a wayward path. The American popular opinion seems to say that everyone knows Trump is not a good guy, but people also know that the prim and proper Hillary is not much better, and she may even be less honest than Trump. This year’s American election probably has the most maddening and ridiculous choices in Western electoral history.
The process exposing how bad Trump is is also a process exposing the corruptness of the American elite. The mass exposure of Trump in October is undoubtedly from an alliance between Hillary’s campaign team and some high-level elites. They have formed a giant community sharing the same interest, and Trump’s bizarre rise has threatened them.
It is almost certain that Trump, an old man who has lived through America’s glamorous world, would have dirt that was easier to find, and more interesting, than grandma Hillary. In their matches in the last month, Hillary might have a lot of advantages.
Trump never had a squeaky clean image, and he has a politically incorrect personality, such as his open discrimination of Mexicans and Muslims. If the American media keeps exposing more of his scandals, the negative impact will be less severe, or even evaporate. What will decide Trump’s fate is not how bad he is, but how many Americans want to keep on suffering under the hypocrisy, stubbornness, and domination by the elite as represented by Hillary. For them, Trump represents real change, but he is unreliable, so America is at risk under his leadership.
The American election this year has shown the predicament America is facing at the crossroads. Even if Trump lost, he would be an unforgettable political specimen. He may be shuffled into a corner of history afterwards, but the surging middle- to lower-middle class of America would not perish in the wind. This is a very interesting American election to watch.
*Editor’s Note: This quote, while accurately translated, is a paraphrase of the original quote used by The Huffington Post.
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