November 1, 2024
Why does the political establishment hate Trump?
By Richard Thornton
The short answer to that question comes from George Orwell: “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” Packed into that pithy aphorism is the explanation of the bitter struggle centering on the person of President Donald J. Trump.
The dirty little secret of American history is that a largely left-leaning establishment has dominated our politics since 1932 and thereby framed our understanding of the past and goals for the future. Only two Republican presidents have held temporary majorities in both houses of Congress since then: Dwight D. Eisenhower and George W. Bush. Neither made a dent in the establishment’s control. Indeed, during the past thirty-eight years, since the political establishment kicked President Reagan upstairs and out of power in the Iran contra scandal, the political establishment has taken the country farther to the left than ever before, centered on the policies of détente with Moscow, Beijing, and Iran. In the process of attempting to create a new world order, the Democrat establishment left behind and totally alienated the American people.
The beneficiary of this widespread alienation was President Donald J. Trump and Republicans, who in 2016 swept to power across the country with strong majorities in both houses of Congress and a mandate from the people to reverse course. Trump led the way, attacking the Democrat establishment’s narrative of the past and setting forth a new vision of the future. “Make America Great Again” is more than a campaign slogan; it is a repudiation of the past failure of the political establishment.
It did not last.
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