{"id":3396,"date":"2020-11-12T15:15:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T13:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=3396"},"modified":"2020-11-12T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T13:15:07","slug":"the-donald-trump-phenomenon-and-the-legacy-it-leaves-to-the-u-s-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=3396","title":{"rendered":"The Donald Trump Phenomenon and the &#8220;Legacy&#8221; It Leaves to the U.S. Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The choices and governance he chose to exercise during his four-year term (2016-2020) by US President Donald Trump combined with his character traits greatly influenced the elements and values that characterize the institutions of the world&#8217;s most powerful Republic by changing its face on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The choices and the way of governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> <em>Donald Trump&#8217;s method of governing is polarizing and divisive.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is demonstrated, among other things, by the analysis of recent election results. According to exit polls, 80%-85% of black voters voted for Joe Biden, while those who voted for Donald Trump are 12%-15%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by<strong> Thanos S. Chonthrogiannis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>\u00a9The law of intellectual property is prohibited in any way unlawful use\/appropriation of this article, with heavy civil and criminal penalties for the infringer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3398\"\/><figcaption><strong>Donald Trump during his campaign elections<\/strong> <br>Photo by the website www.fortune.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>US President Donald Trump&#8217;s abrupt and to a certain extent violent style of government during his tenure has contributed to the traditional increase in police violence against black American citizens, which has provoked a strong popular reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black voters found that they suffer social and economic discrimination related to the historical past of the US. In addition, they believe that in the perception of the police they consider them second-class citizens with limited rights. That is why, in response, was created the movement \u00abBlack lives matter\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US President Donald Trump never wanted to contribute to reconciliation and appeared to cover white supremacists attacking black protesters. The result of this situation was the unprecedented rallying of black voters in favor of Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on exit polls, 56% of women voted Democratic and 43% of those Republicans. Men voted 48% in favour of Republicans and 47% in favour of Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the polarization that caused Donald Trump&#8217;s style of government extended to women who didn&#8217;t approve of both his political choices and his style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> <em>US President Donald Trump has consistently questioned his legitimacy to the point where it has been adapted to his expediency and self-interest, respectively.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a businessman, Donald Trump is bullish on his behavior; essentially, his business personality shaped both his overall personality and his character; it was impossible for him when he took over as U.S. President in 2016 to change his style and thus define his political style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bullish businessman may take business risks and know where he should direct his businesses (this was shown with the American economy that during Donald Trump\u2019s tenure and before the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic was really flourishing) but his disadvantage is that he believes that the rules apply mainly to all of them and when these rules hinder his movements then he should ensure that these rules should be bypassed or changed in his best interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When during the vote count and finding that the postal vote is not in his favor, he launched a campaign to identify it with the rigging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is intervening in the United States courts to stop counting the postal votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He declared himself the winner of the election, with no definitive results, and he should have had more restraint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> <em>The approach and more generally the methodology of Donald Trump, who seems to be self-serving at the expense of democratic institutions, divides American society.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the one hand, a large proportion of American society adopts its example in the belief that it can now circumvent the rules or shape them in its own interests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, we have those Americans who respect the public interest and democratic institutions and consider politics the greatest good in a society and when politics solves the problems of their fellow human beings, but they feel drowned in the context that Donald Trump has shaped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US President Donald Trump has not paid income tax to the US Treasury in years. The President of the United States himself does not fulfil his basic obligation as a citizen which is to participate through taxation in the financing of the state and its functions. At the same time this action presents it as a business achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, Donald Trump&#8217;s governance style and political choices to date reinforce racial discrimination and objections, provoke the growing reaction of most American women, weaken social cohesion, increase polarization, and magnify social inequalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> <em>The slogan &#8220;America first&#8221; was converted to the slogan &#8220;whatever the president wants.&#8221;&nbsp; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Implementing his strategy on the international stage entitled &#8220;America First&#8221;, Donald Trump simultaneously opened two fronts with both China and the EU, with China winning and defeating the US and the EU equally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, under the responsibility of the President of the United States, the system called the West is weakened and discredited, with the result that the influence of the united forces of the West is drastically limited. That is what it looks like against China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the West is prominent in the US, it could put China&#8217;s rise in a general context. The moving autonomous US in relation to other Western powers creates a rift to achieve any serious and effective confrontation with China on economic, trade, technology, political and military influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The critical period of the world&#8217;s strongest economy <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue raised by this Presidential election is either lost or won by U.S. President Donald Trump (and given that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on specific States-please read the analysis titled \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=3391\">Why Donald Trump Wants the US Supreme Court to Seal the Outcome of the Presidential Elections<\/a>\u00bb) it concerns whether these characteristics he professes as a political figure will be a key feature of US political and social life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are four pillars that are the critical issues and ask the following questions that want answers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> So, can there be a smooth democratic transition without President Donald Trump deliberately destabilizing the US political system?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Who will support Donald Trump&#8217;s choices, style of government and methodology in American society and politics respectively, even if he loses the election by a US Supreme Court decision?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> Will the Republican party survive as an organized political force? Which republican candidate takes over after Donald Trump what method and political choices will he adopt and use to overcome the shadow of Donald Trump&#8217;s vote in the election? Will Republicans be able to play a constructive role in normalizing and stabilizing the American political system?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Will the Democratic party in turn be able to set and serve commonly accepted rules of good political behavior and consensus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surely the United States is facing a period of fierce confrontation and political instability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The choices and governance he chose to exercise during his four-year term (2016-2020) by US President Donald Trump combined with his character traits greatly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[390,819],"tags":[2090,996,655,779,2089,2091,1287,2088],"class_list":["post-3396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-usa","tag-democratic-institutions","tag-democratic-party","tag-donald-trump","tag-elections","tag-governing-method","tag-political-system","tag-republican-party","tag-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3396"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3402,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3396\/revisions\/3402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}