Posted on 05/16/2020 1:55:21 PM PDT by rickmichaels
It is an astounding feature of the contemporary international political scene that almost no coverage of American affairs, including in most of the President Donald Trump-hating American media, reports or comments in a way that is even slightly relevant to the unfolding facts in that country. Unlike all other important countries except Britain and Canada, the United Stares has had the same political institutions for over 150 years. For over a century it has operated on a scale that the world had never imagined to be possible. It is a fantastic success, but it is not at all the shining “city on a hill” derived from the Sermon on the Mount and much bandied about by President Ronald Reagan. It is not at all like Canada and Britain only more populous, and its culture and institutions are only superficially similar.
It is a democratic meritocracy, but a tough country of profound inequalities, great garishness, extensive corruption by British and Canadian standards, a dysfunctional and profoundly unjust justice system and an inordinate amount of it is slums, strip malls and potholed roads. Its strength and its weakness is that it is a jungle — this produces immense productivity, competitiveness, fermentation, ingenuity, creativity and high achievement in almost every field, but it also grinds millions of people to powder needlessly. It is in this context that the current American political drama must be seen. The British and Canadian media are even more hopeless than usual reporting about America, as I have remarked before. The Financial Times this week, with almost impenetrable obtuseness, declared that the Justice Department’s withdrawal of charges against Gen. Michael Flynn is the “politicization of justice.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalpost.com ...
President Trump is as close to perfect as it gets.
We have much to be thankful for.
If there have been a million mistakes that Trump could have made and he only made 100,000, then that’s 90% good, and that score would be either a B-plus or an A-minus. Not too shabby!
Whoa! This National Post article is incredibly pro-Trump!
You’re exactly right. And if the Dems would manage to steal the election, people are going to be mad as stirred up hornets.
BTTT for later.
The Financial Times this week, with almost impenetrable obtuseness, declared that the Justice Department’s withdrawal of charges against Gen. Michael Flynn is the “politicization of justice.”
Conrad Black has nailed it.
Bkmk
Conrad Black bump.
He writes for educated adults. Not like the 6th grade drivel of typical publications.
But the real message, which, incredibly, the soft-left, softly anti-American and mindlessly Trump-hating media of the world has missed or ignored is the emergence, as long predicted (including by me), of the greatest constitutional scandal in American history.Author kinda gets it but still treats his media co-workers too "soft".
Great article. Nice to have a President who works hard and understands money and how to get things done. Trump is a real man.
Excellent, Conrad Black. Trump is indeed nailing ti.
Enjoy Conrad Black’s commentary. I echo his judgement of the foreign press’s ignorance and bias in the case of Japan, which only seems to echo the hot points raised by the American sleezebag journalists.
Fortunately PM Abe is supporting Trump’s programs, and there’s a meeting of the minds between the two leaders.
Victor Davis Hanson compares Conrad Black to Cicero.
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