What thoughts do we have for these two stories?
More Trump tweet hypocrisy or personal growth?
Will Trump win-over the Muslim world and lose his racist base at home?
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or personal growth
Interesting articles.
I think Iād need to see some other signs of personal growth before I could give that much credence. Iām thinking of the phrase āpreponderance of evidenceā here, fur some reason.
(Another option: Maybe a token challenge to throw to his base?)
It may also, however signify Melania standing her ground.
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It likely wonāt be reported in the racist outlets his racist base usually read.
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Iāve seen Muslims on Twitter saying Melania didnāt have to wear a scarf in the first place (although one pointed out a head covering is required when meeting the Pope).
I just donāt see any big pivot here. We already knew Trump wants to be cozy with super-rich people. And we already knew heāll say just about anything to get knee-jerk approval. The Saudis, no doubt, were counting on it.
Racist Americans, on the other hand, will need a bit more pushing. If they donāt support Trump, itās not like theyāre going to stop being racist and vote Democrat.
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Itās a pivot because two years ago he tweeted a criticism of Michelle Obama when she did the same thing. Just another one of his glib, meaningless putdowns.
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Pivot or hypocrisy? Pivot implies a permanent change of approach based on the recognition (realization) of realpolitik conditions. Hypocrisy is when previously held positions are temporarily abandoned for the sake of appearance or convenience.
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Why not both?
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Iām not sure it was even a āpreviously held positionā so much as, he is simply a racist douchebag. In his world, nothing the Obamas ever did was right, but if he does the exact same thing heās a winner.
Also, Trump doesnāt really believe in anything except Trump, glorifying Trump, and making Trump wealthier. I donāt think he really has positions on anything else, he just extemporizes with no regard for consistency.
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A pivot assumes he even really held a position in the first place.
Trump, and Ford, and all the nominally conservative populists: they just say shit. Itās the sort of thing that belongs, at best, at a pep rally. Itās not a platform. Itās just hype. And when they say contradictory shit, itās just more hype.
The actual platform is in what they do, and here Trumpās been perfectly constant.
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His purpose on this trip was to attempt to start an intra-Muslim war.
So far, itās working:
They wonāt count it as fully successful until the Saudis attack Iran, though.
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I donāt see whatās so uncharacteristic.
Having ran on Islamophobia, do they really want pictures of Melania in a headscarf?
ā¦and black people to take the lead against street crime, and gay people to take the lead in reporting pedophilesā¦Growth would have been finding something to say to them other than āGee, you got a lot of terrorism going on here.ā
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