We should not underestimate the historical threat that Donald Trump represents – in his country, to the west and a free press
TThe United States are really lucky that Jeffrey Goldberg, publisher of The Atlantic The magazine – and the surprise beneficiary of a loss of sensitive military plans – is a man of good judgment. If it hadn’t been, and had made public unwary The top-secret details of the US attacks on the Houthi rebels, So the consequences would have been serious and perhaps even fatal for US service staff.
The irony is that the great cure taken by Mr. Goldberg when he inadvertently set the operational details are in clear contrast and shameful with reckless errors made by Various senior members of the Trump Administration. They should have known it better that having communicated this topic in this unmarked way, let alone neglected to check with those who were talking and sharing secrets. The participants in the insecure chat group included the Mike Waltz national security councilor; Vice president JD Vance; Director of the National Whallercence Tulsi Gabbard; and secretary to defense Pete Hegseth.
Yet, the great irony of this scandal is that rather than taking responsibility, apologizing and thanking him for his moderation, Mr. Hegseth launched a vicious and calm attack in Goldbergwhich is completely irreproachable. Not only is Mr. Hegseth is a devoted disciple of (and supporter of) Donald Trump, but now he seems to undergo a metamorphosis process in a sort of grilled mini-me; Rannando for Mr. Goldberg and marching him “a so -called deceptive and highly discredited journalist, who has made a profession of taking revenge over and several times the buffaloes, to include, I don’t know, the bodies of Russia, Russia, Russia or good people on both sides, hopes or windy and losers”.
“This is the boy who takes revenge,” he added, with growing and bizarre vitriol. “This is what he does.”
We shouldn’t be so surprised at that observation. President Trump had previously fired The Atlantic As they escape the market (a typically unfounded affirmation on one of the great and successful magazines in America) because this administration is leading a war to the media in a way that exceeds anything before, also to Nixon’s White House at the culmination of Watergate. It was a decade since Trump opened the way to the concepts of “false news” and “alternative facts” to try to protect himself from truth and reality; And his first mandate was scattered with fictions on himself and his opponents, culminating in the definitive exercise in truth, as regards the “made elections”, The insurrection of January 6 and its consequences.
Now, reinstalled to the White House, Trump has gone much later in the use of the presidency for muzzle, bully and intimidate the media. He successfully forced the television channels to resolve his legal causes. He impoverished the giants of technology in a state of self -control and, in particular and shamefully in the case of Jeff Bezos, he caused the hemaschulation of The Washington Post.
None of this, however, was sufficient to appease Mr. Trump, who behaves more and more as if he were not only above the law – but AND the law, by virtue of his relatively narrow electoral victory. His print teams began to replace the truly independent and respected media in briefing of the printing with “new media” customer journalists, the best known of which he put that donkey Question on wearing a dress to President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump has threatened to order the Federal Communications Commission to “take away” the transmission license of the CBS.
Perhaps the most sinister of Mr. Trump’s moves since he has paid the oath of the office is his creation of a conspiracy theory that connects his assaults on the judicial power and freedom of the press. In a world of social media controlled by its ally, Elon Musk, These fantastic notions are enhanced by algorithms, widely widespread and dangerous for the democracy and safety of public officials.
Recently, in unprecedented terms for a president, Trump has targeted the CNN and MSNBC. He declared – as usual, with zero tests – that they were illegal, politically and corrupt motivated.
What is actually illegal and unconstitutional are not journalists and lawyers who carry out their legitimate work but a president – Already a criminal sentenced twice – systematically dismantling the controls and sales of the American political system. Bombastic, e-for e-for how particularly intelligent, President Trump may have been judged, he has however shown a certain pernicious cunning similar to a gangster in his constant enlargement of power.
He and his Movement of Cultish Maga have captured the Republican Party as a parasite. Through this, Mr. Trump enjoys a strict control of the congress. The Supreme Court was mostly supine in front of his abuses, with the Supreme Judge John Roberts only now that he is shaking to oppose the assaults on the federal judges and the challenge of the judgments of the court.
We should not underestimate the historical threat that Donald Trump represents, both in his country and in the West.
