Ngiyazi ngeke ungikholwe. Hhayi manje, hhayi lapho yonke into eyenziwa nguDonald Trump - noma iyiphi i-tweet, noma yikuphi ukuthuka kunoma yimuphi umhlangano - kuyizindaba zosuku, noma yiluphi usuku. Kodwa ngeke akhunjulwe nganoma yiziphi izinto manje ezisezindabeni zethu. Akekho umuntu, kuyiqiniso, owake wambozwa ngendlela enza ngayo, ngakho yeka irekhodi elimangalisayo okufanele libe khona. Izindaba ezimayelana naye nabangane bakhe zigcwala amakhasi okuqala nsuku zonke ngendlela yokuthi okuthile kuphela njengokubulawa kukamongameli okwake kwenzeka futhi unamakhanda akhulumayo e-cable TV yakking ngaye njengoba kungekho muntu owake wakhuluma ngomunye. Futhi ungangiqalisi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana nakuThe Donald.
Ngomqondo othile, siyathanda noma singathandi, sonke manje singabafundi bakhe futhi amandla akhe okuguqula ashoda kangako emilingoni. Ngokulula nje ukuhoxisa imvume yezokuphepha kaJohn Brennan - ngubani ngisho wayazi ukuthi izishoshovu zaseMelika zingagcina lezi zimvume isikhathi eside ngemuva kokushiya uhulumeni - wakwazi ukwenza owayengumholi we-Obama ngokumelene nobuphekula kanye nenhloko ye-CIA, "izindlela zokuphenya ezithuthukisiwe" khuthaza futhi i-drone-meister, abe iqhawe elikhululekile; nge ukuhlaselwa owayeyinhloko ye-FBI uJames Comey, waguqula isikhulu sezwe lokuqala lezokuphepha kuzwelonke ukuba singenelele futhi siguqule ukhetho lukamongameli waseMelika (hhayi ngokuvuna kukaHillary Clinton) lwaba yiqembu. bests, umbhali obuyekezwe, onconywe kakhulu; ngokuxoshwa kwakhe ukuklolodela kanye nobutha empilweni nasekufeni, wasiza ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi uSenator John McCain uzoba ne New York Times Obituary ubude bokutuswa okungangokuthi, esikhathini esedlule, bekungafaneleka kuphela kumuntu owine ubumongameli; naye imithwalo futhi ukwedlula inhlamba, waze wazibonakalisa enekhono - isimangaliso sazo zonke izimangaliso - sokuguqula uMmeli Jikelele uJeff Sessions abe yinkosi. iqhawe lobulungisa.
UDonald Trump, ngomqondo oyinqaba kakhulu ngangokunokwenzeka, ungumuntu oguqukayo, ngingasakhulumi ngomuntu owenza lezi โzindaba ezingamangaโ zibe mbumbulu, noma okungenani agcwale kakhulu futhi agxile kakhulu. Unekhono elingajwayelekile lokudweba wonke amakhamera asendlini, ukunakwa konke, avimbe yonke into ngaphandle kwakhe. Noma kunjalo, ukuyo yonke indawo njengoba enjalo - noma Unjalo - thatha izwi lami ngakho, ngeke akhunjulwe nganoma yikuphi kwalokhu. Konke kuzokwehla naye abezindaba ngolunye lwalezi zinsuku. Ungakhohliswa amaphephandaba noma i-Internet. Akuwona umlando. Bayinoma yini ngaphandle kwalokho okuyokhunjulwa ngelinye ilanga.
Noma kunjalo, ungacabangi okwesibili ukuthi uDonald Trump ngeke akhunjulwe. Uzokwenza - ekusaseni elikude ngendlela engeke ibe ngomunye umongameli waseMelika.
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Nokho, ake ngikutshele kuqala ukuthi yini angeke akhunjulwe ngayo.
Ngeke akhunjulwe ngokungenela umjaho kamongameli escalator kwekaNeil Young ethi โRockinโ in the Free Worldโ; noma kulabo"Abadlwenguli baseMexicoโ walahla; noma ngalokho"enkulu, ekhuluphele, enhleโ udonga ayelukhangisa; noma ngendlela asebenzelana ngayo โno-lyinโ Ted,โ โuJeb onamandla aphansi,โ kanye noCarly (โBuka lobo buso! Ingabe ukhona ongavotela lokho?โ) UFiorina, noma โkukhulunywe ngokweqileโ Umjikelezo wokuya esikhathini kaMegyn Kelly (โWawubona ukuthi kwakuphuma igazi emehlweni akhe, igazi liphuma kuye noma kuphiโ). Ngeke akhunjulwe ngalokho ividiyo yokubamba pussy lokho akuzange kunqume ukhetho luka-2016; noma kwe usayizi wezandla zakhe; noma kulawo maculo, ngisesemfashinini, yokuthi โmkhiyele.โ Ngeke akhunjulwe ngeyakhe bromance noVladimir Putin; noma izikhalo zakhe ezibuhlungu mayelana a kubiwe ukhetho, kubiwe mpikiswano, a kubiwe umongameli, kanye a kubiwe umbhobho (ngaphambi, kunjalo, wawina). Ngeke akhunjulwe ngobudlelwano bakhe โobunesiphephoโ nesihlabani socansi; noma ngisho thula imali wamkhokhela futhi omunye wesifazane waba nobudlelwano bokuvala imilomo yabo ngesikhathi sokhetho nangemva kwalokho, noma abafazi bakhe abathathu; noma incwadi yezinkulumo zikaHitler kanye eduze kombhede wakhe; noma amakhasino amahlanu okuthi, โnjengosomabhizinisiโ omkhulu wangena ukuqothuka; noma abasebenzi abangenazo izincwadi yena kuqashiwe eduze nokungaholi; noma bonke abantu yena qinisiwe; noma abafundi abayisa ku abahlanza e-Trump "University"; noma indiza yangasese enamacarat angama-24 izinto zokugezela ezifakwe ngegolide wandiza wangena; noma lezo zinhlamvu zegolide ezinkulu aziphawule ngempahla emhlabeni wonke; noma indlela ayekhuthaza ngayo izingane zakhe kanye nabasemzini kanye namabhizinisi abo eNdlu Emhlophe; noma ihhotela alakha esakhiweni sePosi Elidala ku-Pennsylvania Avenue futhi, lapho esengene e-Oval Office, laphenduka i-Oval Office. ihabhu yenkohlakalo.
Ngeke akhumbuleke irekhodi iqembu labantu abathatha izikhundla ekuphathweni kwakhe bazithola sebevele, kungakapheli unyaka noma ngaphezulu (noma ngisho izinsuku), bebaleka endaweni noma bephuma ngamakhala, okuhlanganisa no-Anthony Scaramucci (izinsuku eziyisi-6), uMichael Flynn (izinsuku ezingama-25), uMike Dubke (74). izinsuku), Sean Spicer (183 days), Reince Priebus (190 days), Sebastian Gorka (208 days), Steve Bannon (211 days), Tom Price (232 days), Dina Powell (358 days), Omarosa Manigault Newman (365) izinsuku), Rob Porter (384 days), Hope Hicks (405 days), Rex Tillerson (406 days), David Shulkin (408 days), Gary Cohn (411 days), HR McMaster (413 days), John McEntee (417 days), ), noScott Pruitt (izinsuku ezingama-504). Futhi uMeluleki we-White House uDon McGahn ubesanda kudlula tweeted ngaphandle kwehhovisi, futhi, nabanye okufanele balandele.
Ngeke akhunjulwe ngendlela abaningi ababambisene naye kanye nababesabambile bazithola besohlwini lwezomthetho ngesikhathi esifushane kunanoma yimuphi omunye umongameli emlandweni, okuhlanganisa noPaul Manafort (olahlwe yicala lokukhwabanisa intela), uMichael Cohen (otholwe enecala lokweqa intela), uRick Gates (utholwe enecala lezezimali. ukukhwabanisa nokuqamba amanga kubaphenyi), u-Alex van der Zwaan (uvume ukuqamba amanga kubaphenyi), uMichael Flynn (uvume ukuqamba amanga ku-FBI), noGeorge Papadopoulos (ditto). Ngokunye okuningi, kubonakala sengathi, ukuza. Futhi ngeke akhunjulwe ngenani labasondelene naye abamjikela - kusuka kummeli wakhe uMichael Cohen, owake wafunga kuye. thatha inhlamvu kuye, kuphela fakaza ngokumelene naye; kumshicileli we kazwelonke Enquirer, uDavid Pecker, osekunesikhathi eside engcwatshiwe impahla enosawoti ngaye, kuphela yamukela isivumelwano sokungavikeleki kubashushisi benhlangano ukuze bakhulume ngaye; kumphathi omkhulu wezezimali we-Trump Organisation, u-Allen Weisselberg, owathi wenza okufanayo. Futhi ngeke uThe Don(ald) akhunjulwe ngolimi lwakhe lwesitayela se-mafia nokugxila kwakhe (โI-RAT,โ โubuqotho,โ โnokupheqaโ), ajwayelene naye izinkomba kumphathi wezixuku, indlela anamathela ngayo kweyakhe inguqulo yomuntu siqu of ukuthula, ikhodi ye-Mafia yokuthula, noma ye ngokuba "umongameli osempini nomthetho."
Ngeke akhunjulwe ngokukhankasela โixhaphoziโ laseWashington futhi, lapho efika e-White House, wakha ihhovisi elizobonakala liyixhaphozi elisheshayo lomuntu siqu. inkohlakalo - evela kwenhloko ye-EPA uScott Pruitt $43,000 idokodo lefoni lehhovisi elingazwakali, izigidi zamarandi abakhokhi bentela awaqongelela a 20-umuntu, imininingwane yokuphepha yesikhathi esigcwele, nokunye okuningi $105,000 wachitha ohambweni lwendiza lwezinga lokuqala (kanye namaRandi angu-58,000 ngaphezulu ezindizeni eziqashiwe nezempi) ngonyaka wakhe wokuqala ehhovisi; kwe cishe izigidi zamadola wemali yabakhokhi bentela Unobhala Wezempilo Nezinkonzo Zabantu u-Tom Price wathululela ezindizeni ezindizeni eziqashiwe ezizimele kanye namajethi ezempi; kuNobhala Wezangaphakathi uRyan Zinke $12,000 indiza eqashiwe igibele indiza yangasese yesikhulu sikawoyela, imali yakhe engama- $53,000 i-helicopter ugibela i-dole yomphakathi, neyakhe $139,000 "umnyango" wehhovisi; kuNobhala wezeZindlu nokuThuthukiswa kwamaDolobha uBen Carson ka-$31,000 isethi yokudlela yasehhovisi. Futhi lokho nje ukuqala phansi okunjalo uhlu (ngaphandle kokuhlanganisa umongameli nomndeni wakhe).
Futhi ngeke akhunjulwe ngembobo ecwilayo kanye nephunga elibi lokungcoliswa kwemvelo yena nethimba lakhe abakudalela thina sonke, noma Kulinganiselwa kufikela ku-1,400 ukufa okwengeziwe ngaphambi kwesikhathi ngonyaka kanye โnamacala amasha afinyelela kwangu-15,000 ezinkinga zokuphefumula okuphezulu, ukwanda kwe-bronchitis, namashumi ezinkulungwane zezinsuku zokulova esikoleni,โ ngenxa yokwelula kwabaphathi bakhe imithetho yokungcoliswa kombuso ezikhungweni zikagesi ezishisa amalahle. Futhi "namazinga anyuswe kakhulu okungcola komoya njenge-mercury, benzene ne-nitrogen oxides," sibonga u ukuphusha kwayo ukuphumuza imithetho yokungcoliswa komoya yezinhlobo eziningi. Noma kwe ukucindezelwa wezindaba mayelana nesayensi yokungcola. Noma nge ukusikeka okukhulu kwisabelomali se-Environmental Protection Agency, funa isivikele kunoma yini inhlangano yaseMelika efuna ukuyenza. Noma kwe Ukuvulwa emigwaqweni yamanzi yaseMelika ekulahleni okukhulu kakhulu kwemfucuza nezinto ezingcolisayo, okuhlanganisa imfucuza yezimayini. Futhi lokho, futhi, kuwukuqala phansi uhlu.
Uma eseqedile, ixhaphozi laseWashington nesizwe ngokungangabazeki lizobe lingenakulinganiswa, kodwa lokho akuyona into umlando ozomkhumbula ngayo. Futhi, ezweni okungenzeka ukuthi selidlulile emazingeni okungalingani eNkathi Eqinile, ngeke yini limkhumbule ngendlela yena nozakwabo baseRepublican, sibonga intela "inguquko" bill, baqinisekise ukuthi ukungalingani kuzokhuphuka kuphela ezweni lapho amadoda amathathu kuphela - uBill Gates, uWarren Buffet, noJeff Bezos - asevele ekhona. ingcebo eningi njengengxenye engezansi yomphakathi waseMelika (abantu abayizigidi eziyi-160). Ngeke futhi ikhumbule indlela uDonald Trump aqinise ngayo ukucwasa ngokwebala kanye negagasi elikhulayo lokubusa kwabamhlophe (izinto ezidingekayo nje Okudingekayo ukuze kusungulwe inguqulo ye-"populist" yokugunyazwa e-US), okuhlanganisa "ukuzalaโ aphakama ngayo njengosopolitiki, โengenacalaโ amazwi ngemva kukaCharlottesville (โabantu abahle kakhulu, nhlangothi zombiliโ), eyakhe izinhlamba zobuhlanga ezingacacile, wakhe kukhathazeka nabadlali bebhola abamnyama abathatha idolo bebhikisha, eyakhe tweeting yethiyori yozungu lokucatshangelwa kwabamhlophe mayelana neNingizimu Afrika - lapho owayengumholi we-Klan uDavid Duke tweeted ukubonga kwakhe - kanye nalo lonke uhlu olujwayelekile manje.
Futhi ngeke le ndoda eyathi emkhankasweni ka-2016 ingakwazi โwinโ kangcono kunomyalo omkhulu wezempi wase-US (โNgazi okwengeziwe nge-ISIS ukwedlula ojeneneโฆโ) uma kuziwa ezimpini zaseMelika noma usikhiphe kuzo sikhumbuleke ngokwenza. futhi. Noma isifiso sakhe sokuthulula okuningi amashumi ezigidigidi zamadola abakhokhi bentela ePentagon kanye nezwe lezokuphepha likazwelonke (nanjengoba ehlala eqhumisa izikhulu zayo).
Futhi khumbula ukuthi lokhu nje kuwukudla ubuso bukamongameli kaTrump - futhi ngenkathi konke kubalulekile (noma okungenani kuyasikhathaza manje) futhi okunye kwakho kuzobaluleka kakhulu isikhathi eside esizayo, akusikho lokho okuzokwenzeka emlandweni. khumbula uDonald Trump.
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Kulowo mphumela, irekhodi licacile, ngokwengxenye ngoba sesivele siqala ukuphila ikusasa elizokhumbula uDonald Trump ngendlela eyodwa kuphela. Kuyikusasa lapho, emnyombweni walo, aveze ubumongameli bakhe kusukela ezinsukwini zakhe zokuqala. Noma ngabe yini enye ayicabangayo, ashoyo, ama-tweets, noma ayenzayo, uMongameli uTrump kanye nabaphathi bakhe bebegxile ngokumangazayo hhayi nje ekuphikeni ukuthi isintu sibhekene nekusasa elingaba khona lokucekeleka phansi kwemvelo - njengasegameni elithi "ukuphika ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu" enamathiselwe njalo ohlwini olushaqisayo lwabantu ekuphathweni kwakhe - kodwa ekusizeni nasekusizeni inhlekelele ezayo.
Njengoba wonke umuntu azi, uDonald Trump uthatha umhlaba inombolo eyodwa zomlando (futhi okwamanje inombolo yesibili) okhipha amagesi abamba ukushisa ngaphandle kwesivumelwano sezulu saseParis. Futhi, akufanele abeke lolu daba ngobuqili, i-fossil-fuel nut, nostalgic mhlawumbe ngezwe laseMelika elingcolile kodwa elinamandla leminyaka yakhe yo-1950 yobungane. Kusukela ezikhathini zakhe zokuqala ehhovisi, ubezimisele ukuguqula inqubomgomo yezamandla yesikhathi esizayo ibe yilokho uMichael Klare anakho esibizwa, โuhlu lwezifiso olwakhiwe izinkampani ezinkulu zikaphethiloli wezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi.โ Ubelokhu egxile ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi i-US lawula imakethe kawoyela yomhlaba wonke (cabanga: Saudi America), ukusindisa ibhizinisi lokumba amalahle elifayo kuleli, isakhiwo amapayipi amaningi, ukubuyela emuva Izindinganiso zomnotho wamafutha ezinto ezimbiwa phansi zenkathi ka-Obama ezimotweni nezinye izimoto, nokuvumela izinkampani ezinkulu zamandla ukuthi zibhoboze cishe noma yikuphi kusuka ngaphandle kwemingcele yangaphambilini Amanzi ukusuka ogwini lwaseMelika ukuya e-Alaska evikelwe I-Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Ngamanye amazwi, sonke isenzo sakhe esihlobene namandla sibonisa umholi โwamandla amakhulu okugcinaโ eplanethi njengomthombo wokushintsha isimo sezulu wohlobo olwake lwaba yiphupho le-CEO ethile yenkampani yamandla.
Lokhu kwenza yena nabaphathi bakhe babe yizigebengu zomlando. Phela yena nobhululu bakhe baphokophele kulokho okungase kuthiwe i-terracide, ukucekelwa phansi kwendawo ezungezile yeplanethi okusiqinise izinkulungwane zeminyaka. Lokho kungaba ubugebengu bangempela obubhekiswe esintwini bukhulu kangangokuthi, kuze kube manje, alizange lishiwo igama futhi, kuze kube muva nje, licishe lingacatshangwanga.
Ngemuva kwaleli hlobo, ukuphika ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, nokho okwenyuka eWashington, kuyihlaya elisobala. Akusadingeki ukuba ube usosayensi ofunda lesi sihloko noma ngisho nolwazi oluningi kakhulu ukuze ukuqonde lokho. Njengoba New York Times intatheli uSomini Sengupta yibeke muva nje, lapho ehlanganisa amagagasi okushisa agubuzele iplanethi, โKososayensi abaningi, lona unyaka abaqale ngawo ukuphila ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kunokuba bamane bawufunde.โ Nathi sonke manje sesiphila ngayo.
Izibalo azisahlanganisi ngisho inkimbinkimbi. Njengoba u-Sengupta ebonisa, u-2018 uba unyaka wesine oshisa kakhulu emlandweni. Abanye abathathu? 2015, 2016, kanye 2017. Eqinisweni, eminyakeni engu-18 eshisa kakhulu emlandweni, engu-17 yenzeka ngokuqagela ukuthi iyiphi ekhulwini? Ezifundeni eziphansi ezingama-48, lokhu bekuwukuthi, Kwangathi kuya kuJulayi, ihlobo elishisa kakhulu kunawo wonke; I-Japan yayine-"okungakaze kwenzekeโ igagasi lokushisa; EYurophu eyosiwe; Intaba ende yaseSweden kwaphela ukuze kube njalo njengoba isiqongo saso esiyisiqhwa sincibilika; imililo eminingi kuqhamuke ngaphakathi kwengxenye yaseYurophu ye-Arctic Circle; ososayensi bathuswa iqiniso lokuthi iqhwa elidala, elinamandla kunawo wonke emanzini ase-Arctic waqala uku hlukana; California, kanye nengxenye enkulu yasentshonalanga yeNyakatho Melika yasha phakathi komoya ingcolile ukuthi izixwayiso zazikhishwa njalo ngenkathi yomlilo eyayisongela ukuthi ngeke iphele. I lokushisa setha amarekhodi angaphezu kuka-86 degrees Fahrenheit izinsuku ezingu-16 eziqondile e-Oslo, eNorway; ngaphezu kwamadigri angu-91 izinsuku ezingu-16 eziqondile eHong Kong; ama-degree angu-122 eNawabsha, ePakistan; kanye nama-degree angu-124 e-Ouargla, e-Algeria. Amanzi olwandle ayekhona ukufudumala kwerekhodi, futhi.
Futhi futhi, lokho kuwukuqala phansi uhlu olude kakhulu kodwa ukunambitha lokho ikusasa, ngokusho kwe-The Don(ald), elisibekele khona. Cabanga, ngokwesibonelo, ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuqina kwakho konke lokhu: iCalifornia leyo akapheli ukuvutha; amadolobha angasogwini ixhaphozi ngokukhuphuka kwezilwandle; izingxenye ezibalulekile zethafa laseNyakatho neChina (lapho izigidi zabantu zihlala khona) ezenziwe zaba nokwenzeka okungahlali muntu ngenxa yamagagasi okushisa abhubhisayo; amashumi ezigidi zabantu yaphenduka bona kanye abantu uDonald Trump azonda kakhulu: abafuduki nababaleki. Lona umhlaba umongameli wethu awulungiselela abazukulu bethu nezingane zabo nabazukulu.
Ngakho ngitshele ukuthi ngeke akhunjulwe ngokuphelele kwakhe, uma engazi, ukuzinikela ekwehliseni impucuko.
Ngamanye amazwi, into eyodwa uDonald Trump azokhunjulwa ngayo - futhi yini a into kuzoba njalo! - isifiso sakhe sokusibeka sonke endaweni ekhuphukela esihogweni; kuya, okungukuthi, ikusasa lomlilo nokufutheka. Kungase kumenze yena kanye nabaphathi bezinkampani ezinkulu zamandla izigebengu ezinkulu emlandweni. Uma ukukhishwa kwamagesi abamba ukushisa kungancishiswa kakhulu bese kumiswa ngesikhathi esifanele, ubugebengu manje asesiza futhi abusekela ngalo mdlandla onjalo yibo kuphela, ngaphandle kwempi yenuzi, obungaqeda umlando njengoba thina yazi, okungase kusho ukuthi uDonald Trump ngeke akhunjulwe nhlobo. Futhi uma kungenjalo iligi enkulu, yini?
UTom Engelhardt ungumqambisene we-the Iphrojekthi Yombuso waseMelika kanye nombhali womlando weMpi Yomshoshaphansi, Ukuphela KweMasiko Okunqoba. Unguzakwethu Isikhungo Sezwe bese iyagijima TomDispatch.com. Incwadi yakhe yesithupha neyakamuva ithi Isizwe Esenziwe Ngempi (Thumela Izincwadi).
Lesi sihloko sivele okokuqala ku-TomDispatch.com, i-weblog ye-Nation Institute, enikeza ukugeleza okuqhubekayo kweminye imithombo, izindaba, kanye nemibono evela ku-Tom Engelhardt, umhleli wesikhathi eside ekushicileleni, umsunguli we-American Empire Project, umbhali we Ukuphela Kwesiko Lokunqoba, njengenoveli, Izinsuku Zokugcina Zokushicilela. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva ithi, A Isizwe Esingenziwanga Ngempi (Haymarket Books).
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Ubani othi kuphelile okwamanje? Ubani othi uTrump ngeke athole ihlandla lesibili? Izwe elihlanyayo, futhi akukho ndawo ehlanya njenge-US ka-A.