Dr Fudge 8,635 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6095988/donald-trump-leader/ On his very first day as President, Donald Trump stood on hallowed ground at the CIA and boasted of holding “the all-time record in the history of TIME magazine” for being on the cover. That record is actually held by Richard Nixon, the other modern President in competition for doing the most violence to values, norms, honor and decency undergirding American democracy. In 2021, Trump arguably surpassed Nixon as a menace to the Constitution. American democracy catches its breath in between the lines of the founding text; it depends for its resilience and moral power on a shared commitment to both individual freedom and the common good. Trump’s only rule is ruthlessness; he sees norms as opportunities for vandalism, a window left open in our intricate constitutional structure that he can crash through. Trump’s assault on the Justice Department, his extortion of foreign allies, his obsession with domestic enemies all rhyme with Nixonian villainy and go further. Nixon had his secret enemies list; Trump called for his congressional opponents to be arrested for treason. Nixon largely kept his bigotry private, coded in the language of the Silent Majority; Trump made his a slogan. And in 1960, despite actual evidence of election fraud in Illinois and Texas, Nixon did not summon his supporters to storm the Capitol. Trump celebrates participants in the Jan. 6 insurrection as patriots, and runs to get another can of gasoline. Although he has left office, he remains a magnetic force, propelling others who have taken up his antidemocratic mantle and challenged the validity of our elections. Nixon still leads Trump, by a count of 55 to 35, in the TIME cover competition. But history will judge which President most disfigured our politics and polity; that’s a race Trump is well-positioned to win. Gibbs is the director of the Shorenstein Center, the Edward R. Murrow Professor at Harvard Kennedy School and a former TIME editor in chief Been a cuff touple, a puff bupple, a tough couple of years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speak Easy 324 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Oh damn they weren't joking. They dragged his ass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Fudge 8,635 Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 24 minutes ago, Speak Easy said: Oh damn they weren't joking. They dragged his ass. Also, you play stupid games you win stupid prizes Been a cuff touple, a puff bupple, a tough couple of years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSlash 14,539 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 At least he lived up to the standards everybody had for him Ew, David! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gothicdream 39,580 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 Lmfao, I was p*ssed they would give him the satisfaction of being included here, but they really did it just to skewer him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerstiletto 185 Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 I wish she dragged him harder. Dance! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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