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"You didn’t have to be Machiavelli or Karl Marx to know that Trump would defend himself by going on the offense. The key to understanding his offensive lies in the speech he gave at the UN on September 24, as the Ukraine scandal was just starting to make the news. In that speech, among other things he said <https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-74th-session-united-nations-general-assembly/>: “Like my beloved country, each nation represented in this hall has a cherished history, culture, and heritage that is worth defending and celebrating, and which gives us our singular potential and strength…. The free world must embrace its national foundations. It must not attempt to erase them or replace them.” He talked about “the differences that make each country special.” Trump's speech to UN a dog whistle to far right nationalists and racists Role of the police and armed and dangerous groups like the Oath Keepers. Even the liberal columnists recognize the danger. Possible violence from the far right Major wings of capitalist class swing behind Trump. They and Supreme Court would support mass voter suppression and fraud to get Trump back in. Failed strategy of Democrats and union leadership. Movement from below necessary. https://oaklandsocialist.com/2019/10/06/trump-responds-to-impeachment-the-best-defense-is-a-good-offense/ John Reimann -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
