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Tag: Donald Trump

Home Tag: Donald Trump

Moving On from the Black Hole at the White House

October 29, 2020Clifton RossNo CommentsDonald Trump, US politics

Michelle Goldberg’s “Four Wasted Years Thinking about Donald Trump” was published today at the New York Times (yeah, they have a paywall you might not be able to jump; but, as consolation, do you REALLY want to read another piece on that shitpile DJT?). After listing all the casualties of 45’s presidency, Goldberg concludes that…

Your Friend Trump

February 18, 2020Clifton RossNo CommentsBolivarian Revolution, Donald Trump, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela

(This is a revised version of a piece first published at Caracas Chronicles. I think that piece lacked nuance, so I’ve worked it over here)            Imagine my surprise to hear that my Venezuelan friend’s parents “like” Trump. I suppose that “distance makes the heart grow fonder” since for many years it had the same…

Our Chávez Moment

December 19, 2019Clifton RossNo CommentsBolivarian Revolution, Donald Trump, Hugo Chavez, impeachment, Populism, US politics, Venezuela

           A Venezuelan friend recently told me that he thought Trump will win re-election. “He sounds every day more like Chávez,” he wrote me. I’ve been thinking the same things, myself, these days as I’ve tuned in and out of the impeachment hearings. And I also recall another Venezuelan telling me once, some fifteen or…

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