Political Observer.

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Apr 23, 2025

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Editor: There can be no doubt that Stephens self-presents as a political moralist via Harold Macmillan, and that the birth of a diatribe has begun. Stephens as a Neo-Con and student of Leo Strauss, political fabulism is home territory, that synchs naturally with the party line of Trump as beyond the pale, the outlier in this political melodrama! Strauss and Trump are not just sympatico, but are fellow travelers, which renders Stephens commentary inert, yet he clings to it as sevisable in the political moment. The final paragraphs of Mr. Stephens comentary is a crowd scene, from that 21 inch screen black & white world of yester-year.

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Trump is Trump. Let’s think of him on his own terms.

When the president completed his extraordinary political comeback in November, he was at the summit of his political power. He has eroded it every day since. With Matt Gaetz as his first choice for attorney general. With the needlessly bruising confirmation fights over the absurd choices of Hegseth, Robert Kennedy Jr., Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard. With making an enemy of Canada. With JD Vance’s grotesque outreach to the German far right. With the Oval Office abuse of Volodymyr Zelensky. With the helter-skelter tariff regime. With threats of conquest that antagonize historic allies for no plausible benefit. With dubious arrests and lawless deportations that can make heroes of unsympathetic individuals. And now with threats to the basic economic order that sent gold soaring to a record high of $3,500 an ounce and the Dow on track to its worst April since the late Hoover administration.

Democrats wondering how to oppose Trump most effectively might consider the following. Drop the dictator comparisons. Rehearse the above facts. Promise normality and offer plans to regain it. And remember that no matter how malignant he may be, there’s no better opponent than a face-plant president stumbling over his untied laces.

Editor: It’s more like a incompetent pastish of Harold Lloyd !

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