Donald Trump’s presence in the White House represents the last gasp of the dream to turn back the clock to 1950s America. It’s a last-ditch effort by folks who used to try to claim the moral high ground — real Americans, out of a longing for yesteryear, when they were firmly higher on the social ladder than “others.” They’ve abandoned their family values mantra and flung the ultimate Hail Mary pass — Trump.
Yes, Trump, who strutted into his convention with five children by three different wives. The same Trump who clearly brags about pursuing women (while married) and jokes about sexually assaulting them. Indeed, who would have thought that real Americans would embrace a man who has been and continues to play footsies with the Russians?
It seems unreal, doesn’t it? But not really. We’re witnessing a last gasp, a long-shot effort to hold on to something that never was.
— Deborah Keene, Chicago
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