1. Trump is not in any way an intellectual or an ideologue but for that very reason he needs ideologues more than most presidents.
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good mini thread
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3. Trump concocted cocktail (ethnic nationalism, protectionism, immigration restriction, unilateral foreign policy) in need of an argument
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The Aristocrats!
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He's like a sort of Hindenburg figure head. Allowing the real ideologues & thugs to work the corners.
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Trump is Chauncey Gardiner being coached by Bond villains.
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Trump's sole instincts are servile to his solipsism. There is nothing beyond himself or that which serves him.
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one difference between Nixon (also nonideological but was able to find some pretty good intellectuals) and Trump
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