Donald Trump is increasingly pessimistic about America’s future. This is what emerges from the analysis of New York Times on the latest public interventions of tycoon which betray a much darker vision of the country than that exposed in the past by the former president himself. And now that polls give him a 50 percent chance of returning to White House, The Donald decided to give a long interview to Time to clearly lay out how he intends to bring the American dream back to life, in his own way.
The internal front
The interview covers all the main themes of the election campaign and opens with the billionaire’s admission of the biggest mistake he made during his years in Washington. Was “too kind” with those who criticized him, explains Trump in his Versailles at Mar-a-Lago. When the journalist presses him on why American voters should trust him again if even many of his former collaborators have stopped supporting him, the GOP candidate replies that he let them go “because I have a heart. I don’t want to embarrass anyone” but, he specifies, from now on it will no longer be the case.
There are numerous passages in the interview destined to attract media attention. If re-elected, the former president confirms he wants to deport millions of migrants, “15, maybe 20 million people, by the time the mandate ends Bidenmany of whom arrived from prisons and psychiatric hospitals“. The Republican representative intends to build detention camps and involve both the National Guard and the army to stop “an invasion on a scale probably never experienced by any other country”. When the interviewer reminds him of the existence of a law, the Posse comitatus act, which prohibits the deployment of US soldiers against civilians, the billionaire does not waver. The migrants”they are not civilized. They are people who are not legally in our country”.
Aware of the political risks, Trump reiterates his desire to leave the say to the States on the matter abortion. However, it appears clearer on other internal issues such as the defense of the rebels who participated in the assault on Congress on January 6, 2021 – “they are patriots” – and the independence of federal prosecutors against which the former star of The Apprentice evokes the threat of dismissal in case of failure to align with the directives coming from the Oval Office.
The international agenda
Trump’s statements on foreign policy arouse no less interest and concern. As for the Middle East, the tycoon admits that “there was a time when I thought two states could work, now I think this solution will be very, very hard“. Peaceful coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis is “very unlikely“, adds the presidential candidate, not sparing criticism towards Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his management of the conflict in the Gaza Strip and for having slipped away at the last minute from the American operation which in January 2020 led to the killing of Soleimani, the fearsome Pasdaran general, in Baghdad.
Trump reaffirms the need for allies to increase defense appropriations as a condition for the continuation of the United States’ international commitment. The pressure on NATO’s European partners is a well-known topic but the former president also draws attention to the situation in the Far East dealing with threats from Pyongyang and Beijing against Taiwan. There are thousands of US troops in South Korea.”who are in a precarious position. It makes no sense. Why should we defend them? We are talking about a rich nation”, claims the billionaire.
In short, international instability does not seem to scare Trump too much, who instead raises the alarm against the “fascists” to the government. “The internal enemy for our country is more dangerous than external enemies such as China, Russia and others”, declares the Republican candidate.
Words that take on a disturbing meaning for those who have seen Civil Warthe film focused on a frightening dystopian future in America which has been enjoying success in cinemas in recent weeks States.
