Don’t Despair: Trump Isn’t Invincible
Donald Trump’s reelection is awful, but wallowing in misery only benefits his far-right agenda — and risks squandering the many opportunities we actually have to stop the worst of his plans.
Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Lancaster Airport on November 3, 2024, in Lititz, Pennsylvania. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
After spending a few days in shell-shocked mode, I started thinking seriously about what went wrong on Tuesday and how we can defeat Trumpism. And I’m here to tell you that the news isn’t all bad.
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Blame the Democratic Party establishment. Tuesday’s loss is what happens when you leave workers behind for decades, from Bill Clinton’s NAFTA, to Barack Obama’s austerity, to Chuck Schumer’s pivot to suburban professionals, to going scorched earth against Bernie Sanders’s movement in 2016 and 2020.
Incapable of seriously looking at the Democratic Party’s flaws, many elitist liberals are already blaming ordinary people, claiming most Americans are irreparably brainwashed or prejudiced. But if this were true, it’s hard to explain why Americans elected Barack Hussein Obama in 2008.
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