{"id":703,"date":"2019-05-09T13:10:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T10:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=703"},"modified":"2019-09-05T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:35:13","slug":"decoding-the-policy-to-date-of-us-president-donald-john-trump-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=703","title":{"rendered":"Decoding the Policy to date of US President Donald John Trump-Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 45th<\/sup> US President Donald John Trump since January 2017 and\nuntil now has brought a big change to the prevailing international\nrelations-which are widely known as the international order-which had been\nformed after the end of WWII. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The culmination of these cosmogenic changes was both the increasingly\nintense anti-globalization reactions and the US internal shift “towards\nthemselves” which translates as isolationist tendencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The framework of the electoral period of 58th<\/sup> Presidential\nelections in the US (2016) was formed by the slogan “Make America Great\nAgain” which was the basis of the successful-according to the election\nresults-campaign of US President Donald John Trump. In this large-scale\nanalysis, we will try to “decode” the US President Donald Trump’s\napplied policy from the 8\/11\/2016 elections and to this day, both in political\nand economic fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, we will try to respond if this election slogan “Make America\nGreat Again” made it necessary to implement anti-globalization policies and\nUS isolationism tendencies or the reality is different and the current US\nPresident “is forced “to implement such policies in order to win its\nre-election in the next elections, knowing that the policies in place are\nsimultaneously stirring up the existing shaped international order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Thanos S. Chonthrogiannis-https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Framework of our analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each part of this analysis is self-contained and at the same time is linked\nto the next part of the analysis so that there is a continuity and as is done\nto date in all our large in scale analyses on specific subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Part I, we will look at the applicable policy within the US and how the pre-election framework that led to the selection of the cue “Make America Great Again” was formed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will see the problems and anxieties of the citizens of the United States and that, in less or more, the problems and anxieties are the same as the problems and anxieties faced by citizens in the other liberal societies of countries of the liberal world (mainly EU (France, Spain, Italy, Poland, etc.), UK, Canada, Australia, etc.). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, we will present the reasons that caused the current ‘gap’ between traditional political parties and citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Part II, we will examine the reasons why, both the largest volume of\nvoters and the political parties in both the US society and the other societies\nof the countries of the liberal world have been removed from each other at an\nalarming level, until of the point this removal is characterized as a chasm,\ndespite the fact that political parties and always theoretically, are supposed\nto listen and express the problems of the society they serve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Part III of this analysis, we will propose the strategies that should be implemented by the political world in order to bridge this gap “by regenerating” the very notion of politics within society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)-The great Greek philosopher of antiquity-said that if a man has his health or his health problems can be addressed by giving him a good quality of life, then the supreme good of all the goods that man can have in life is politics and not health. Because it is a highest good to offer solutions to the problems of your fellow human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Part IV, of this analysis we will examine the applicable policies to\ndate in the US economy as well as their effectiveness and whether they can\nperform in depth of time horizon, while influencing the international order in\nthe world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shaped political framework in the US and more\ngenerally the problems facing politics in the societies of the liberal Western\nworld<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The socio-political context in the US as it was formed before the 2016 elections (and continues to remain the same today) would be unlikely to not make winner of the elections the current US President Donald John Trump or any other candidate who would use the political slogans of the current President of the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US President Donald John Trump poses for his official portrait at The White House in Washington D.C.<\/strong>
Photo by Author: Shealah Craighead, licensed public domain
Source: White House
https:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Donald_Trump_official_portrait.jpg<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The same socio-political framework applies, for example, to the Eurozone\nand, in general, to the EU member-states, with few exceptions, but also to the\nUK. But without the liberal, conservative and socialist political parties\nequally of Europe, they can distinguish the causes and propose solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This assumption is something that the EU’s political world will see very\nsoon in the May 2019 elections, how remote a large proportion of European\ncitizens are from the traditional political parties in their countries, seeking\nthese citizens to find solutions to their problems in nationalist parties,\nmostly and not only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this way and analyzing the political and social situation of the United\nStates, as the largest in population and at the same time the most liberal\nsociety of the liberal world timeless, we succeed in analyzing the respective\npolitical situations and problems of the other societies-countries of the\nliberal world that are the same among them. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the 2008-year milestone that the global financial crisis has taken\nplace-and hence, the political scene has been characterized by the gradual rise\nof populism. This fact is mainly due to the increase in economic problems and\nanxieties for the future of most citizens and always in combination with the\ngradual increase in the cost of living of the people’s daily lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, however, the vast majority of the political world in the\nUS and more generally in the countries of the liberal world began to broaden\nthe gap between political parties and their voters-citizens because of the\n“alienation” of political parties from the problems of everyday life\nand the anxieties about the future experienced by the citizens of their\ncountries, without the political parties so far present the ability to give\nconvincing solutions to the problems of their societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The causes of today\u2019s existing \u201cgap\u201d between traditional\npolitical parties and citizens <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The causes that caused the widening of the distance between voters and political parties in liberal societies have their roots,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.<\/strong> In the embrace-in most cases-of the individual executive and political power with the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.<\/strong> To fully adopt the principles and strategy of marketing to political parties with a view to a coveted victory in the elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/strong> To create inaccessible and unachievable education for most citizens. Education that nurtures critical thinking and judgement respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, if research is done in liberal societies, what citizens think of\nmedia and politicians, in most cases the results of these surveys will be\ndaunting for political parties, but above all are depressing for the media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most citizens do not trust the media and how they present any situations to them. In general terms, I personally believe that media have managed to do their work and role in society adequately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In particular, the field of investigative journalism has many successes in its assets. Without that means, that the other sectors of journalism are not successful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it is the nature of the journalist’s work to be close and to be\nassociated with the political and executive power in order to control it, which\ncreates sooner or later “affection and hatred” relationships between\nthese poles of power and journalism industry. In addition, the media to a\ncertain extent are responsible for not collectively protecting the nature of\ntheir work from this type of phenomenon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The relations of “affection” have to do with the beautifying of\nthe presentation of any situations by the media in order not to suffer the\nimage of whichever vintage for them government and political persons\nrespectively. “Hate” relationships occur when the government and\npoliticians selected by the elections are not the “chosen” of the\nmedia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These situations that appear over time in liberal societies-not just\ntoday’s phenomena-have led a large majority of citizens to believe that where\nnecessary, the media not only are not independent but go hand in hand with the\npolitical parties for the conquest and sharing of the “cloth” of the\nexecutive and any other authority\/power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, a large proportion of citizens believe that where necessary,\nthe media \u201cput\u201d their backs to support their agreeable politicians. In the\nevent of a political scandal, it is customary for the media to become the\nscapegoat as the easiest target for the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second main cause of these phenomena is based on the overwhelming conquest of the political world and political parties by the practical implementation of the principles and strategy of marketing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has also been achieved through the relationship of the political parties with the media, as the media have tremendous knowledge as to how the appropriate product and\/or service should be sold to the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The timeless influence that marketing has exerted on the political world\nand how the image of every political candidate should appear to its potential\nconstituents has become a catalyst in the process of being elected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result of all these practices was to change the speeches of the\ncandidate political people and, more generally, the speeches of the leaders of\npolitical parties, which from speeches of substance, were transformed into\nspeeches without substance which always placed their weight in the overall\nflawless image and in the appearance of the candidates with the main aim of\ngaining only the impressions of their citizens and voters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Political speeches that did not correspond to reality and did not give solutions to citizens’ temporal or non-problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The supreme purpose of the staffs of political parties throughout the liberal world was and still is the best possible “sale” of the flawless image of the politician which should then be denatured for him at high rates of polling and potential votes equally and not in ‘sales’ as is the case for any other type of product or service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third main reason that caused the widening of the gap between citizens\nand political parties in liberal societies is based-and always according to the\nmarketing strategy-on the integration of citizen manipulation and their\ntransformation into electoral “mass-percentage”, that is manipulated and influenced by the tools of marketing and, of course, through the impact of the image\noffered by the media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to achieve this objective, it would be necessary to remove any\npossibility that most citizens could have from acquiring a high level of\neducation that gives man the cultivation of critical thinking and judgment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In developed liberal societies, this exclusion of most citizens from this\ntype of education is achieved by the tremendous increase in the cost of studies\nmaking good educational and university institutions economically inaccessible\nto most citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If some citizens choose to have their children-with every sacrifice-of this type of high education, both they (students) and their families will have to be charged an incredible amount of money that would make them overindebted for their whole lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case, the over-indebtedness of these citizens, and since they cannot find a way out of their exorbitant loans through well-paid jobs in the future, are becoming an additional disappointing percentage of educated citizens standing against the existing traditional political parties and for as long as they do not find permanent solutions to these problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other countries-and especially in member countries of the southern EU\nand not only-public education is slowly and steadily deteriorating over time\nthrough declining funding from state budgets so that any education is acquired\nby citizens to not provide a high culture of critical thinking and judgement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aim is the best possible specialization of the citizen in an object of\nstudy and then to be introduced in the best possible way in the labour market\nand always depending on the degree of division of labour that exists in the\nlabour market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this way, with the gradual and long-term exclusion of citizens from\nthe acquisition of a high level of education, citizens belonging to the category\nof citizens considered as \u201celectoral mass\u201d are being multiplied-and always\nbased on logic and strategy \u03bff the marketing of\npolitical parties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is, citizens who do not have “critical thinking and\nalertness” and the marketing of their political system characterizes them\nas electoral “mass” of citizens-consumers. Electoral in terms of political parties\u2019 terminology and \u201cmass\u201d of\ncitizens-consumers in terms of principles and strategy of marketing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Citizens who benefit from a culture\/education of critical thinking in their\nlives are often a small minority, and their existence as to the influence of the results on the electorate is\nindifferent to the marketing of political parties. Since the vote on this\npercentage of citizens cannot influence the outcome of any elections.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the next part and specifically in Part II of our analysis we will\nexamine why both the largest volume of the electorate and the political parties\nin both the US society and the other societies of the countries of the liberal\nworld have been removed between them to an alarming degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanos S. Chonthrogiannis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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