The ‘Quiet Resistance’ against Trump

Published in El Periódico
(Spain) on 6 September 2018
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Translated from by Marta Quirós Alarcón. Edited by Nkem Okafor.
The opposition that was revealed in an anonymous New York Times op-ed and in Bob Woodward’s book, “Fear - Trump in the White House” is an indication that what is happening in the White House is highly alarming.

It happened as expected: A White House with billionaire Donald Trump as president of the United States would afford many surprises, none of them appropriate for good governance. However, the revelation of a “quiet resistance” by a senior official in The New York Times and in Bob Woodward’s forthcoming book “Fear, - Trump in the White House” is an indication that all that is happening behind the walls of Washington’s 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is highly alarming. According to the author of the op-ed piece, the root of every development lies in the president’s “amorality.” This is not about right-wing or left-wing ideology, or about Republicans or Democrats. This is simply about the lack of any principles, which causes the president to make decisions that go against democracy, commerce and against the U.S. itself.

The aim of this “quiet resistance” is not to bring down Trump, but to disable his most damaging urges. Faced with the dilemma of choosing between loyalty to the country or loyalty to the president, these “resisters” have picked the former, which, beyond the case example, opens a political debate that is interesting, to say the least, a debate which will slide right off the president. At the pinnacle of stupidity, Trump has allowed himself to claim that without him, The New York Times would not exist. One small fact: in its 167-year history, the paper has seen 32 White House tenants. The latest, one Donald Trump.


La 'resistencia interna' contra Trump

La oposición revelada en un artículo anónimo en 'The New York Times' y en el libro 'Fear', de Bob Woodward, indica que lo que ocurre en la Casa Blanca es muy alarmante

Era de esperar, como así ha sido, que una Casa Blanca con el multimillonario Donald Trump como presidente de EEUU depararía muchas sorpresas y ninguna oportuna para el buen gobierno. Sin embargo, la revelación de una 'resistencia interna' hecha en un artículo anónimo de un alto cargo publicado en 'The New York Times' y en el libro 'Fear' (Miedo), de Bob Woodward, de próxima aparición, indica que cuanto ocurre tras las paredes del 1600 de la avenida de Pensilvania de Washington es muy alarmante. Según el autor del artículo, la raíz de cuanto sucede está en la "amoralidad" del presidente. No se trata aquí de ideología, de derechas o de izquierdas, de republicanos o demócratas. Se trata, simplemente, de falta de cualquier principio, lo que hace que el presidente tome decisiones que van contra la democracia, el comercio y contra los mismos EEUU.

El objetivo de la 'resistencia interna' no es el de hacer caer a Trump. Es el de desactivar sus impulsos más dañinos. Ante el dilema de escoger entre la lealtad al país o la lealtad al presidente, estos 'resistentes' han escogido la primera lo que, más allá del caso práctico, abre un debate político cuanto menos interesante, un debate que le resbalará al presidente. En el colmo de la estupidez, Trump se ha permitido decir que sin él, 'The New York Times' no existiría. Un pequeño dato: en sus 167 años de historia, el diario ha visto desfilar a 32 inquilinos de la Casa Blanca. El último, un tal Donald Trump.
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