Trump's Not a Conservative Icon, and I Don't Care!

Trump's no conservative an' I don't care. Doo-da, doo-da. Trump's no conservative an' I don't care. Oh de doo-dah day. Gonna run all night; gonna run all day. Trump's no conservative an' I don't care. Votin' Trump anyway. To the tune of "Camptown Races/Ladies," Stephen Foster (1826-1864) (Note: also works with "Trump's not a liberal....") Trump is a philosophically unmoored political opportunist who would trash the broad conservative ideological consensus within the GOP in favor of a free-floating populism with strong-man overtones. -- The Editors "National Review" A number of elitist conservative pundits and politicians have pointed out, quite correctly, that Donald Trump is no conservative ideologue (nor is he a progressive ideologue, socialist ideologue, or "whatever" ideologue). Trump is a phenomenally successful businessman, a clear-eyed pragmatist and patriot who desires what works for "we the people" and the United States of America. And how long has it been since America has had a leader like that? Too long, much too long.

I would say that Trump's tendencies are mostly conservative (which is why he chose to be a Republican candidate), but he is no neo-con war hawk, and thank God for that. He is adamant about having a strong first-class military, but there will be no more endless "no win" wars with a President Trump. It will be fight to win quickly and decisively, or don't fight at all. Nor is he a NWO globalist--a position that both sides of the political aisle seem inordinately (even traitorously) fond of. Trump is a true-blue patriot, who believes in and promotes American exceptionalism. I'll leave talk of "Hegelian dialectics" and "3rd Way" politics for another time. In the remainder of this article I wish to briefly address the "shame-based narrative" that has been so perniciously promoted in our schools and culture for so long--and why Trump's "Make America Great Again" meme has struck such a responsive chord across the country. The shame-based narrative essentially peddles a one-sided distortion of American history that claims the United States sucks (and so do you--unless you are fortunate enough to be a member of one of the many "trodden-upon" minorities). It is a narrative fabricated from a poisonous melange of lopsided anecdotes, cherry picked half-truths, and lies. It is an unremittingly negative portrait of the USA, where America's mitigating circumstances, laudable efforts, and positive accomplishments are ridiculed, minimized, or ignored. There are a number of reasons why certain individuals and groups have been feeding the shame-based narrative to America's youth--but the main reason is the rather obvious one that globalists (whatever their ideology) consider countries (nation states), to be hopelessly retardataire and an impediment to the realization of their proposed utopian one world. Hence patriotism and pride in one's country must be discouraged at every turn.

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But emotionally stable people like to take pride in their roots, their turf, their "hood," their home--their neighborhood, their city, their state, their country. To teach (brainwash) people into believing that their country is pathetic, if not disgusting, creates a soul sickness that all too often manifests as apathy, depression, and/or anger. Drug and alcohol abuse finds a ready home in such an environment. Trump, as Pastor Manning puts it, "speaks truth to power." He knows full well that Big Business, Big Media, Big Banking, and Big Government are all in bed together--and he calls them on it. Like no other major political figure that I can recall from my lifetime, he calls them on it. Trump tells us that America has greatness in it which needs to be set free; that "we the people" have greatness in us that needs to be set free. And we respond with "Yeah...you're right. Yes, dammit you're right!" His love for the United States is obvious, deep-seated, and true. I believe that he will create jobs and employment opportunities like we've never seen before. He can schmooze and finesse when needed, and knock heads when heads need knocking (to be adroit at both talents is somewhat rare in my experience). His courage is undeniable, his work ethic impeccable, and his moral compass strong and steadfast. Honestly, I don't much care where Trump falls on the "Conservo-meter"--just keep kicking political correctness to the curb and speaking truth. He calls out to "we the people," urging us to be true to "the better angels of our nature." To have faith and hope. To believe, believe that America will be great again--better than ever in fact. That it can fulfill its intended role of being "a shining city upon a hill"--a beacon of freedom, hope, and opportunity in a largely benighted world. And "we the people" have responded--to the disbelief and chagrin of the elites. We tell them: "We love America, we think it is great, and you can take your global utopia and shove it where the sun don't shine!" God bless America!