First, I had the author's first name wrong. It's David K. Johnston.
I paused in my reading of Dave Zirin's book to start Johnston's book. What
is special about it, is that the author quotes Trump at length as he has
responded in various situations. It is very clear that Johnston is trying to
convey something about Trump that I have sensed, but that often gets lost in
the typical political discussions of him versus Clinton. Johnston
illustrates, in detail, Trump's basic ignorance on many subjects, his
refusal to learn about issues when it is obvious that he doesn't understand
them and that they are pertinent to his presidential candidacy, and his
vindictiveness. This visciousness toward people and groups is not something
he's assuming for effect. It's part of his personality, and it was part of
his personality from the time he was a small child. Because of his
belligerance toward others, he was eventually sent to military school, in
the vain hope that this kind of discipline would, "straighten him out". I
read about this previously in Antonio's book. So if you put the politics
aside for a minute and look at Hillary, you don't see this kind of
ignorance, inability to learn, visciousness, and inability to get along with
other people. I'm not talking about her politics or class consciousness or
value system. The more I hear and read, the more I think that Trump is
really pathological and putting someone like that in power is truly
dangerous. And that's why so much of the Republican Party leadership is
scurrying to the hills.
Miriam
