I published on this subject for the first time one year ago (The Trump phenomenon explained). This is version 2, with some minor changes from version 1.
The Trump phenomenon can be highlighted by three points as follows:
- 2016: He was elected the American President.
- 2020: He lost his re-election bid to Joe Biden.
- 2024: He has a good chance to win in the 2024 election, thanks to the incompetence of the Biden/Harris administration.
1. What is really behind the Trump phenomenon?
The establishment has failed!
2. What is the establishment, anyway?
Below is an excerpt from Wikipedia – The Establishment:
In the United States, the term the establishment typically refers to the two-party political system, in which the Republican Party and the Democratic Party usually are perceived as alike in their anti-labour policies, pro-federal policy, and defense of corporate interests. The usage refers to the original coinage of the term the Establishment in 1955, referring to the intricate matrix of power and connections among corporations, politicians, government agencies, and some social groups.
The image below offers a simple summary.
3. How has the establishment failed?
The establishment has failed both at home and abroad. To highlight each …
3.1 The establishment has failed at home!
Watch the video below.
3.2 The establishment has failed abroad!
The image below is worth more than 1,000 words.
For more, read America’s evil MIC.
4. President Trump
Donald Trump is a crook, lying at will all the time! However, below are two salient points that distinguish him from his peers:
- Since Andrew Jackson, he has been the only American President truly elected by the people (vs. the establishment).
- He initiated no new shooting war throughout his presidency, the first since President Jimmy Carter.
For more, read Correctly assessing President Trump.
Unfortunately, change is hard, especially when it is led by a pathological liar like Donald Trump. So, in 2020, Americans decided to return to the establishment for some normalcy.
5. The establishment continues to fail!
Joe Biden has represented the establishment throughout his political career of more than 50 years. Not surprisingly, America continues to fail under President Biden. The image below offers one perspective.
6. The American nightmare in 2024
Although Kamala Harris recently replaced Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee for the 2024 election, Trump may still win for one main reason, as highlighted by the image below.
7. Discussion
Donald Trump is merely a symptom of America’s ill, not the root cause.
What, then, is the root cause?
The two-party system by design as highlighted in the image below!
Three informative readings:
8. More discussion
Can President Trump, if elected in 2024, truly make MAGA?
Highly unlikely!
But I am a one-issue voter: war.
9. Closing
The essence behind the Trump phenomenon is the failure of America’s establishment.
America, reform our failing political system, as I have suggested (History 2.0 – China’s Comeback vs. America’s Decline), or face a bloody revolution at home (A quarter of Americans open to taking up arms against government, poll says).
