The GOP asked for Trump, now that they've got him, he's a "problem"

Originally posted 5.3.16, updated on,

10.21.17:

George W. Bush gave a speech recently, which was a reminder to me that he once said that "nationalism is a threat to America."   The latest speech is widely hailed left-wing circles as a shot across the bow to Trump.

The above quote seemed to be one of Bush's malapropisms at the time.  How can a nation be a threat to itself?  Of course that is possible if sanity is lost.  But isn't lost just because a person or nation seeks its own self-interests as opposed to working as if those didn't matter--- or, was  even shall we say, "indecent".

Odd also that the rule of law must now be tossed aside for the sake of getting along with each other.

Also, what happened to a former president just keeping their pie holes shut while the new president gets settled in?   Bush did it for Obama, but now that is all over with, I suppose.  Obama cannot keep his own pie hole shut either.  The old rules only apply when the old ways aren't challenged.

What struck me odd at the time was how Bush was seen as so off the charts then, but now he is being quoted by the left.  He really wasn't much different than they were and are.  But politics is rarely about the truth anyway.  It seems that approval of Bush is "in" now.  Approval of Trump is definitely "out".


the original post follows:

First of all, how did the GOP ask for Trump?  It is because of open borders/ trade policies.  Of all the objections to Trump, this one is the most cogent.  It isn't because of what Cruz accuses Trump of being, a Democrat in disguise.  The GOP isn't challenging Obama's Big Government Agenda.  This isn't the reason at all.  Nor is it social policy.  They oppose Trump more than they opposed homosexual marriage.  It isn't Trump's tax proposals.  These are straight down the line GOP fare.  It isn't his alleged rudeness, his opponents are just as insulting.   No, it is open borders/ trade.  It cannot be anything else.

With open borders/ trade policies, you inevitably change the electorate.  One way or another, there is going to be a disruptive candidate.  Although Trump is accused of being liberal, he is actually a reactionary, if the current meme is correct- only downtrodden, former middle class whites support him.  ( Sanders is the disruptive candidate on the Democrat side.)

But it may be deeper than that.  As the formerly Christian nation, an Obama assertion, has risen up to challenge the globalist elite of both parties, it becomes a matter of justice.  Note how Trump continually talks about fairness in the process.  This is a reflection of the betrayal many Americans feel with respect to how their government operates.  The elite in both parties do not oppose the Muslim president nearly as much as the reactionary Trump.  They will do anything to stop Trump, including cheating.  Preventing him from speaking is another tactic.  Violence is not far from the possibilities if Trump's popularity continues and carries him too far. 

Whatever happened to the freedom that once was taken for granted?   The elite are indifferent to that, if anything, they are hostile to it.  Why wouldn't patriotic Americans rise up against an occupying army of politicians and bureaucrats who do not share their traditionalist views?  In all this, the GOP has done little, and as Trump arrives on the scene, they resist.  What's going on here?  As the GOP has claimed the mantle of defending traditional America, why would they resist the very man who says he will do it?  The GOP's passivity in this regard invites a man like Trump to make them put up or shut up.  It looks like they do not want to claim that mantle any more.  Otherwise, they would embrace Trump.  If anything, they would really like it if Trump would shut up.

The GOP has asked for Trump because they have pretended to be the bulwark of the nation, and have not delivered on that promise.  Now that Trump promises to deliver, he's a "problem".