Neither facts nor light can escape from the loud mouth of Donald Trump. At least that's what this political cartoonist thinks. What he says mostly holds truth. Donald Trump is illogical and ignorant, but to say that everything that leaves his mouth is false is a vast overstatement of his ability as a leader and his honesty. Much of what Trump says is borderline fascist rhetoric, such as discussions about "illegal immigrants", islamaphobic generalizations, etc. To say, though, that all he says and does is ignorant unfounded rhetoric is misguided. His viewpoints on Chinese labor, ways to draw manufacturing back into America, is quite achievable and realistic. His viewpoint on tax reform for lower income Americans is certainly achievable and realistic, though it fails to actually raise the minimum wage and punishes small business over large enterprises. So is it fair to pigeonhole him into a purely reactionary, racist, and unrealistic cubbie? I don't really think so. This sort of rhetoric is exhausting, it fails to rise above the very tactics that the artist believes Trump uses. How hypocritical and ignorant is that? The reliance on the same stupidity that Trump alleges to use gives him the power to ridicule the media and Democrats for being unequal and unopen to new ideas. So yes, I do disagree with the artist, who fails to realize their own hypocrisy.
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