"It is who we are"

"It is who we are" I am sure reams will be written about what Kamala Harris and Joe Biden and Democratic Party did not do and why Trump, who, after January 6th 2021, should've sunk into oblivion instead roared back into the White House. Human mind needs explanations especially when something troubling happens and explanations will be trotted out galore. Hold your breath and take a step back. Yes there'll be those who say "she deserved it for Gaza war" and then ignore the fact that Netanyahu is preparing to ratchet up the war. Black men will say, "there was no agenda for us" and forget that Trump suggested police violence is not only ok but disparaged the Black Lives Matter movement and helped end affirmative action. Latinos will say "we're not just about immigration but about economy too" and then ignore not just his past cruelty but his promised deportation of millions. "It's the economy stupid" will say many and ignore the fact that inflation, to which Trump himself contributed, is almost dead and the US economy is roaring, according to WSJ. "He's better for economy" they'll say and ignore that WSJ and Wall Street and economists are alarmed that his idea of tariffs will drive up prices. Farmers voted for Trump ignoring that his tariffs in his last term affected them. Kamala flip flopped they'll say and ignore the somersaults by Trump on many issues. Biden, like Hillary, insulted Trump voters, they'll say and have no explanation as to how Trump, who on every day insults every segment of America, then proceed to get votes from the very people he insulted. Carlos Lozada, author of a very perceptive book on Trump, wrote this sharp column today in New York Times. "There have been so many attempts to explain away Trump’s hold on the nation’s politics and cultural imagination, to reinterpret him as aberrant and temporary. “Normalizing” Trump became an affront to good taste, to norms, to the American experiment. We can now let go of such illusions. Trump is very much part of who we are. Nearly 63 million Americans voted for him in 2016. Seventy-four million did in 2020. And now, once again, enough voters in enough places have cast their lot with him to return him to the White House. Trump is no fluke, and Trumpism is no fad. After all, what is more normal than a thing that keeps happening? In recent years, I’ve often wondered if Trump has changed America or revealed it. I decided that it was both — that he changed the country by revealing it. After Election Day 2024, I’m considering an addendum: Trump has changed us by revealing how normal, how truly American, he is. Throughout Trump’s life, he has embodied every national fascination: money and greed in the 1980s, sex scandals in the 1990s, reality television in the 2000s, social media in the 2010s. Why wouldn’t we deserve him now?