An Interesting Parallel

Having just read the column by Michael Gerson of The Washington Post ("Trump exposes the hypocrisy of Christian Republicans," May 28, 2018), I found an interesting story that reminds me of something Hermann Goring of Nazi fame once said.

Here's what Gerson said, "In the Oval Office, according to new reporting from The Post, President Trump boasted in February 2017 about how easy it is to appeal to audiences with an anti-immigrant message: 'Acting as if he were at a rally, he recited a few made-up Hispanic names and described potential crimes they could have committed, such as rape and murder. Then, he said, the crowds would roar when the criminals were thrown out of the country.' In the Post account, '[Stephen] Miller and [Jared] Kushner laughed."

And here's what Goring said, "...the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

Something that hasn't been said much explicitly is that we have Donald Trump as our president because he is an astounding salesperson. In the great American tradition of salesmanship, he sold us something we really didn't want to buy.

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