Tweety's version of nationalism is exactly what Macron was talking about. Some Americans want to ignore Trump's words, deeds, and true philosophy kinda' like 1984 where we aren't supposed to believe what we see and hear.
Some writers in the media recognize Trump's version of nationalist by his extreme efforts to divide the country, based on ugly, childish motives, lust for power and money, and Trump's racist rants. Brooks saw a President who DIVIDES America as not the better nationalist, but likely the worst kind of nationalist.
Brooks bottom line:
"You can’t be a nationalist [the patriotic kind] if you despise diversity. America is diversity; if you don’t love diversity, you are not an American nationalist"
"Yes, I’m an American Nationalist"
How love of country nourishes a life. [There is a patriotic version of nationalist, and that is NOT Trump's version.]
By David Brooks Oct. 25, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/opinion/america-nationalism-diversity-trump.html
Brooks does an informal survey where he goes to see how people feel toward the neighbors, neighborhood, city, state, and country, and other nations. People mostly feel love of country over other nations.
"What does this national attachment feel like? It feels a bit like any other kind of love — a romantic love, or a love between friends. It is not one thing that you love but the confluence of a hundred things. Yes, it is the beauty of the Rockies, but it is not just the land. It is the Declaration of Independence, but not just the creed. It’s winning World War II and Silicon Valley, but it is not just the accomplishments. It is the craziness, the diversity, our particular brand of madness."
Brooks is not blind to Tweety Trump's effort to divide the country, rather than inspire and lead us to unity and effectiveness.
"Love for nation is an expanding love because it is love for the whole people. It’s an ennobling love because it comes with the urge to hospitality — to share what you love and to want to make more love by extending it to others.
In making the point Tweety Trump is not the best kind of nationalist, Brooks says:
"It’s threatened by extreme individualism — people who put the needs of the individual above the needs of the community. It’s threatened by globalists — people whose hearts have been bleached of the particular love of place. The greatest threats come from those who claim to be nationalists but who are the opposite.
Donald Trump says he is a nationalist, but you can’t be a nationalist if you despise half the nation — any more than you can be a good father if you despise half your children. You can’t be a nationalist if you think that groups in the nation are in a zero-sum conflict with one another — class against class, race against race, tribe against tribe.
You can’t be a nationalist if you despise diversity. America is diversity; if you don’t love diversity, you are not an American nationalist."
Reported in The Week, 9 Nov 2018 issue:
"For President Trump, "nationalist," is just another way of saying "America First," said WashigntonExaminer.com in an editorial. I wish this were true, but Trump's words and deeds make this a foolish conclusion.
In Trump's view, "every decision of the U.S. government should somehow promote the interest of American citizens, or else it should not be taken." What's wrong with that?" Not really.
We have to ignore and make ourselves blind to numerous indicators of a White Power kind of nationalism coming from Trump as he divides, divides, divides this nation.
Divisive Presidents are NOT patriotic, not patriots.
Trump's actions do not consider a long term future for the United States, and he is NOT making evey decision for the benfit of America when his decisions DIVIDE America and push us toward a civil war!
Here is the article. Answer to the question: there is nothing wrong with promoting US interest. EVERY President of the United States has promoted US interests.
The problem is that Trump is making choices and decision WHICH ARE NOT IN AMERICA'S BEST INTERESTS, HE IS NOT WORKING FOR AMERICA'S PRIMARY NEEDS, AND HE IS UNDERMINING US NATIONAL SECURITY.
"Trump's nationalism is undoing decades of GOP failure"
by Gavin Wax | November 05, 2018 02:39 PM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-nationalism-is-undoing-decades-of-gop-failure
It is Karma that the unpatriotic, the immigrant hater version of nationalism is also Trump's SOCIOPATHIC version.
Trump's "nationalism" is not about loving America or patriotism, because Trump' emphasis is on hating illegal immigrants, and discrimination against anyone not white, e.g., people of color, anyone "different," e.g., LGBTQ people, and anyone else he can use to create fear in our country, e.g., people who follow the Muslim religion.
BUT Macron was NOT referring to Trump's nationalism, Macron was referring to Europe's nationalistic countries, Poland, Italy, Austria, Hungary to name some.
America, England, other media, you got it wrong that Macron was calling out Trump IF you are thinking and writing and saying Macron was directly and specifically chastising Trump. No! Macron was talking about what cause WWI, and what some countries in Europe seem to fail to understand.
Nationalism. What does it mean? What did Macron mean on Armistice Day? What does Trump mean? Context tells you what Macron and Trump and mean by "nationalism" if you really want to know. Do you REALLY want to know?
I KNOW Macron was addressing European nationalism in Italy, Poland, Hungary, and Austria, not Trump's American "nationalism."
na·tion·al·ism
/ˈnaSH(ə)nəˌlizəm/
noun
noun: nationalism
patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts.
synonyms:
patriotism, patriotic sentiment, flag-waving, xenophobia, chauvinism, jingoism
"their extreme nationalism was frightening"
an extreme form of this, especially marked by a feeling of superiority over other countries.
plural noun: nationalisms
advocacy of political independence for a particular country.
Meriam-Webster dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nationalism
nationalism
noun
na·tion·al·ism | \ˈnash-nÉ™-ËŒli-zÉ™m, ˈna-shÉ™-nÉ™-ËŒli-zÉ™m\
Definition of nationalism
1 : loyalty and devotion to a nation especially : a sense of national consciousness (see consciousness sense 1c) exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups Intense nationalism was one of the causes of the war.
2 : a nationalist movement or government opposing nationalisms
Media outlets that want to see Trump's nationalism in a positive light . . . yu are wrong for obvious reason you apparently want to ignore. Even Trump says you are wrong, proven by his latest rage against France. Tweety is a VERY sad sociopath, UGLY by every measure, mean, mean, mean!
"Donald Trump: Without the US, the French would be speaking German"
US president takes aim at Macron and French wine.
By Nicholas Vinocur and Paul Dallison Updated 11/13/18, 4:09 PM CET
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-without-the-us-the-french-would-be-speaking-german/
OMG! OMG! How the hell do you say this ot an Ally? Perhaps a FORMER Ally. How can that Ally ever trust Trump?
Absolutely nothing could be uglier than what Trump just said about the French speaking German . . . Nothing! Sick, sick, sick!
How can anyone see Trump as mature or wise or hopeful? TRUMP IS A SOCIOPATH! A sociopath! A SOCIOPATH!
"How to Spot a Sociopath in 3 Steps"
It helps to know some of the warning signs of sociopaths.
Bill Eddy LCSW, JD 15 March 2018
Go read this article and tell me it isn't Donald Trump!
James Robbins is wrong like many writers and pundits about Trump's nationalism being "patriotic" because they ignore Trump's words, actions, and behavior, part of which is clearly espoused thru many, many, many, many UGLY, NASTY tweets. It is obvious what Trump means when he mouths the word "NATIONALIST" and it is NOT PATRIOTIC IN ANY SENSE OF THE WORD.
"Donald Trump's 'nationalism' isn't racist or wrong, it's what America needs right now"
Donald Trump was recently criticized harshly for embracing nationalism, but the patriotic appeal for national unity and pride is what America needs.
by James Robbins 25 Oct 2018
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/25/donald-trump-nationalist-racist-patriotism-unity-progressives-america-column/1749803002/
James Robbins could not be more wrong about what America needs. Out of a courtesy I will share some of Robbins words.
"You know America is in trouble when the president is viciously slammed simply for saying good things about the country.
Appeals to the inherent goodness and manifest greatness of America used to be a staple of political oratory. It was so commonplace that it was entirely noncontroversial. Love of country was taken for granted.
But when President Donald Trump described himself as a “nationalist” at a rally in Texas, it set off a firestorm of criticism. Nationalism is now the new “n-word.” CNN’s Jim Acosta pathetically insinuated the president was making a secret appeal to racism. MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace invoked her History Channel-based education to tie in Nazi appeals to German nationalism, while perhaps being unaware that the Nazis also were ardent socialists. Maybe she missed that program.
This predictable progressive panic is baseless and tiresome."
The words of Robbins indicate a pretty strong sense of tribalism, yet he writes this:
"Nationalism as a response to the left's tribalism"
The "let's tribalism," like the right is pure as the driven snow? lol! Good one Mr. Robbins. Of course Mr. Robbins is not tribal at all! lol!
Mr. Robbins is a good example of how twisted the dialogue is when interpreting Trump, when there is nothing to interpret. Trump means what he say, and what he says is clear!
"Trump’s nationalism is also a patriotic appeal for national unity and pride. It is a response to progressive tribalism, which seeks to divide the country into grievance groups and promote a narrative of shame. Decades of revisionist history and grievance ideology have corrupted the American story. The left defines politics in terms of alleged oppression that forms the root of their demands as purported victims. Any notion that the United States is praiseworthy disrupts their relentless quest for proof of victimhood."
Mr. Robbins, it is not revisionist history, but rather current events, AND our history that tells Americans we have a long way to go to overcome slaughtering native Americans, 250 years of holding humans as slaves and our last 100 years of Chinese, Japanese imprisonment and killings, 70 years since WWII of excessive international "intrigue" of changing governments in foreign lands, and a real and fact-based continuation of fear, hate, imprisonment, and abuse of minorities of all kinds, including religious abuse.
America might be pretty good Mr. Robbins, but we do have very serious flaws. You fool yourself Mr. Robbins in calling this "revisionist history." You can add your name to propagandists like Goebbels if you really want to peddle this crap about revising what is real in true in America's history, a history any honest realist recognizes as a challenge to do better in every way, every day.
It is disheartening, but perhaps not surprising that Robbins in a military guy.
"Donald Trump is appealing to this time-honored idea; not just restoring economic growth and international clout but reviving the greatness of the American spirit. Part of making America great again is restoring the American story, and with it our sense of destiny, dynamism and optimism. Whether you call it nationalism, patriotism or Americanism, it is our common legacy. We discard it at our peril."
Not really Mr. Robbins, there is only good in rejecting Trump. Trump has fooled you, but not me, and not millions of honest and patriotic Americans, We are at peril listening to people like you who are the real perverts for history, one who is trying to revise American history by erasing all our warts.
No, Mr. Robbins, we MUST reject Trump in everything he says about nationalism, because Trump's version is NOT patriotic for anyone or any country. Mr. Trump is out for one person, himself, like all sociopaths.
James S. Robbins, a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors and author of "Erasing America: Losing Our Future by Destroying Our Past," [The book title tells me a lot - this is one who would revise American history by trying to say we only meant well, even if we made mistakes. Our "warts" were not mistakes, Mr. Robbins, they were intentional acts of cruelty and murder.] has taught at the National Defense University and the Marine Corps University [I wonder what Mr. Robbins taught our soldiers and if they recognized his bias toward changing history?] and served as a special assistant in the office of the secretary of Defense in the George W. Bush administration [This is a hint at why George Bush made the mistakes he made, perhaps Iraq? I think. Mr. Robbins worked in the Bush Administration.]. Follow him on Twitter: @James_Robbins
No, Mr. Robbins, your blindness to Trump's true meaning is an indictment of you and no one else. Are you being ironic? America does not need a bully sociopath, pathological liar President!
Trump got the "booby prize" [he made himself a boob] when he loudly, brazenly, impulsively, STUPIDLY declared he was a "nationalist" which must be interpreted with his other words, words that were angry, hateful, racist things about illegal immigrants, Mexicans, Muslims, "shit hole countries," body slamming reporters, beating protestors, paying legal fees of those who commit assault on protestors, responding with absolutely no empathy to mass shootings and fires in California, or hurricanes in Puerto Rico . . .
Trump's nationalism includes:
1. thinking NATO Countries need to spend more on defense,
2. that NATO countries "owe" the USA whatever the US spends, when NATO members DO NOT "owe" anything - the goal was not a bill, there was no invoice [the 2% was a goal, not a debt!],
3. Trump expects Europe will buy US manufactured weapons DESPITE his numerous impulsive comments against NATO; France and Germany cannot trust Trump if they hold him by his own words and tweets! Trump is inconsistent, petulant, childish, impulsive, and, the worst things are he is stupid about history, ignorant of diplomacy and what the State Department work, and devoid of any knowledge of how to run a government.
- threatening to leave NATO ,
- suggesting he will not defend a NATO country because it is too small to care about [Montenegro],
- thinking, WRONGLY, the US paid trillions to protect Europe for Europe's sake, only, when every penny spent protected the US as well, [General Mattis has said "soft power" / diplomacy saves a lot of money buying bullets],
- it is likely 70 years of PEACE with NATO saved MANY TRILLIONS [look at trillions spent in Afghanistan in just 15 years!]; MUCH more than what America paid to help NATO and be a part of NATO [BTW - NATO was created by smart American diplomats and military men after WWII to save money and protect the US from WWIII!]
- BTW Europe will be attacked first in most WWIII scenarios while the US is safe, protected by two huge oceans [lots of water as Trump would say].
Trump's awareness of the world? Nada. Trump devotes large blocks of time to "executive time" which for him means watching TV, calling friends, and tweeting. Trump spend about 3 hours in "official time" often which means he does not consult anyone who knows anything about governing this country MOST OF THE TIME! SOURCE: see "Politico.com
As long a Trump insists on being "purposely" dumb, unaware, uneducated, uninformed, he will be inconsistent, impulsive, and even child-like in his decisions.
Trump's anit-NATO sentiments are coming home to roost. And Tweety will see Europe build their own Military Industrial Complex . . . . Something 70 years of USA investment in NATO prevented! IRONY! KARMA is a BITCH Tweety!
"Merkel joins Macron in calling for EU army to complement NATO"
Trump, still furious after weekend in Paris, blasts French president and EU on Twitter.
By David M. Herszenhorn and Maïa de La Baume Updated 11/13/18, 4:47 PM CET
https://www.politico.eu/article/angela-merkel-emmanuel-macron-eu-army-to-complement-nato/
