What Populism? At the end of this I offer you an article that parrots my notin of Tweety's fakeness = go to end for this article: "Exposed: Donald Trump’s Sham Populism"
"What is populism?"
Populists can be everything from militarists to libertarians. So what does the word actually mean?
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/12/economist-explains-18
"Widespread use of the term “populism” dates to the 1890s, when America’s Populist movement pitted rural populations and the Democratic Party against the more urban Republicans. (It was also used to refer to Russia’s 19th-century narodnichestvo movement, which largely comprised self-hating intellectuals with a crush on the peasantry.) In the 1950s academics and journalists began applying it more broadly to describe everything from fascist and communist movements in Europe to America’s anti-communist McCarthyites and Argentina’s Peronistas. As Benjamin Moffitt explains in his book “The Global Rise of Populism”, a conference at the London School of Economics in 1967 agreed that the term, while useful, was too mushy to be tied down to a single description. Some scholars linked it to frustration over declines in status or welfare, some to nationalist nostalgia. Others saw it as more of a political strategy in which a charismatic leader appeals to the masses while sweeping aside institutions (though not all populist movements have such a leader). Despite its fuzziness, the term’s use has grown."
"Mr Mudde argues that while most writers deplore populism, its upside lies in forcing elites to discuss issues they prefer to ignore. But populism’s belief that the people are always right is bad news for two elements of liberal democracy: the rights of minorities and the rule of law."
So what is Trumpism?
"Trumpism is nationalism, not populism"
2016-12-15This is confusing to Americans
http://www.decodedc.com/trumpism-nationalism-not-populism/
"What Exactly Is Trumpism?" [Like South Park told us, it Tweety's effort to return to the 1950s . . . "member-berries"]
by Victor Davis Hanson January 10, 2017 4:00 AM
"In sum, it’s [Trumpism} an America that emulates (even if hypocritically so) the lost culture of the 1950s; exploits fossil fuels; is run by deal makers who make money ostensibly to achieve a GDP that can fund the niceties of American civilization; opposes unfettered free trade and is united by race and class through shared material success; assesses winning as what’s workable rather than what’s politically correct or doctrinaire; makes “tremendous” cars, air-conditioners, and planes; has the largest and most powerful and least-used military; and is loyal to our allies and considerably scary to our enemies."
You expected something from Bannon? Well, Bannon may insinuate ideas of his occasionally, but in the end, Tweety wants Dwight Eisenhower to return.
"Trumpism at Its Best, Straight Up"
David Brooks MARCH 3, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/opinion/trumpism-at-its-best-straight-up.html?_r=0
"Donald Trump gave us Trumpism at its best on Tuesday night. And that was useful because it gave us a view of the political movement he represents, without the clownish behavior.
The first thing we learned was that Trumpism is an utter repudiation of modern conservatism. For the last 40 years, the Republican Party has been a coalition of three tendencies. On Tuesday, Trump rejected or ignored all of them.
There used to be Republican foreign policy hawks, people who believed that it was in America’s interest to serve as a global policeman, actively preserving a democratic world order. Trump explicitly repudiated this worldview, drawing instead a sharp distinction between what’s good for America and what’s good for the rest of the world.
There used to be social conservatives, who believed that the moral fabric of the country had been weakened by secularism and the breakdown of the family. On Tuesday, Trump acted as if this group didn’t exist. He didn’t mention a single social issue — abortion, religious liberty, marriage, anything."
"Trumpism versus Populism"
Published by Elena Sidorova at December 14, 2016
http://www.iapss.org/wp/2016/12/14/trumpism-versus-populism/
"To make it clear once again, populism does not equal Trumpism and vice versa. These are two separate political trends that appear to be on the rise in the contemporary political arena. Is it good or is it bad? There is no right answer to this question. On the one hand, Trumpism and populism have a potential to bring about more political heterogeneity and serve as a ‘cordon sanitaire’ in Western democracies. On the other hand, Trumpism and populism may easily convert into political extremism by moving the political spectrum to its ideological margins. No matter what, to protect ourselves from the double-edged sword of Trumpism-populism, we cannot afford to fold our hands for a long time. Instead, we need to equip ourselves with a shield of political correctness and prepare for the upcoming battles at the French presidential elections and German parliamentary elections next year."
"Trump Is Not a Fluke: Why "Trumpism" Is a Global Phenomenon"
By Ben Gran | January 31, 2017 | 4:25pm
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And guess what I see . . . it is all a sham. I am not surprised! Why are you?
"Exposed: Donald Trump’s Sham Populism"
By John Cassidy
March 10, 2017
"Intentionally or not, Hannity summed up the political dilemma facing Trump and his Administration. The White House has embraced Paul Ryan’s handiwork—the House Speaker is the bill’s top backer—and they are now trying together to persuade the full House and the Senate to vote for at least some version of it. But if the bill does pass and Trump signs it into law, what happens then? The health-care industry will be thrown into turmoil; many millions of Americans will lose their coverage; many others, including a lot of Trump voters (particularly elderly ones), will see their premiums rise sharply; and Trump will risk being just as closely associated with “Trumpcare” as Barack Obama was with Obamacare."
Tweety might not own "RyanCare" fully. Tweety has ALWAYS found a way to duck accountability.
"Part of what is going on is that Trump needs a quick legislative success. He is keenly aware that, by this stage in his Presidency, Obama had signed a number of important bills, including a big stimulus package. Trump also badly needs to change the subject from Russia. It might sound crazy to suggest that a President would embrace a bill that could do him great harm in the long term just for a few days’ respite, but these are crazy times. If nothing else, the political furor surrounding the House G.O.P. proposal has eclipsed the headlines about Trump claiming that Obama wiretapped him [clever, (a mistake?) distraction for America to focus on while Russia goes away - 10 days later Tweety offers NO EVIDENCE - he lied!]. For much of this week, Trump has ducked out of sight, letting Ryan and his bill take the spotlight."
"Trump, on the other hand, has little to offer ordinary Americans except protectionist rhetoric and anti-immigrant measures. Before moving to gut Obamacare, he at least could have tried to bolster his populist credentials by passing a job-creating infrastructure bill or a middle-class tax cut. Instead, he’s staked his Presidency on a proposal that would hurt many of his supporters, slash Medicaid, undermine the finances of Medicare, and benefit the donor class. That’s not populism: it’s the reverse of it. And it might be a political disaster in the making.'
