I tried for something light. Satire or sarcasm. I just couldn't. First the Americans. Then the French. Same song, second verse. Trump was normalized by a media fascinated by personality. He wasn't dangerous. Oh, no. He wasn't a threat to orderly governance. Oh, no. He was at worse a fool, concerned with image and ratings. An almost lovable fool. But dangerous? Oh, no. Anyway, he'll never get elected Clinton was not a valid alternative, they said. A tool of Wall Street. An opportunist. The candidate of the establishment. Just as bad as Trump. Forget her early work with migrants, knocking on doors for McGovern, her voter registration drives, her work for women's rights both at home and abroad. You just can't trust her. I read it on Facebook. A pox on both their houses. Americans are just beginning to see the result of their naivete. Let's look at two horrible examples. America first? That's what Trump said. Then MOAB in Afghanistan, troops on t
MUSINGS OF AN EXPAT AMERICAN