Angela Merkel & Justin Trudeau would not wantonly rip kids away from parents, but Kim Jong-un would

[Tom Rinaldo]

As would Vladimir Putin if it served his personal interests. America has a President who not only won't uphold human rights, he doesn't believe in them. He scorns leaders committed to basic democratic principles like Theresa May, however Conservative she otherwise may be, and plays footsie with the autocrats of Europe's xenophobic Far Right, like Marine Le Pen.

His entire life Trump has been a predator; molesting women at will, exploiting labor he subsequently refuses to pay for, running scams on people desperate for higher education to improve their economic prospects, milking the cause of veterans to siphon money into his fake charity for personal use, etc.

Donald Trump not only aligns himself with America's traditional enemies: He is America's traditional enemy .

[thbobby]

1. trump is a sociopath

but as he was born with a silver spoon, he has little practice pretending to have human feelings like empathy or decency. trump is a Nazi wannabe. The more he can discredit and degrade the free press, the more atrocities he will commit. trump is not just America's enemy, he is the enemy of all the human race.

[Tom Rinaldo]

2. "he is the enemy of all the human race."

With all of America's hideous flaws, with all of the atrocities that haunt our past and persist today, many in the world still found reason for hope in America's stated ideals. They saw some evidence that we do in fact wrestle with our demons, and that slowly, over multiple generations, many of us have striven to create a more just and free society - actually succeeding at times.

America is not alone in having a dark and checkered past, but the messages we have traditionally embraced as representative of our better angels; The Declaration of Independence, The Bill of Rights, the inscription at the base of The Statue of Liberty etc. have stood in opposition to tyranny world wide. Now, however, we have embraced tyranny itself in the form of the leader who represents America to the world.

[politicaljunkie41910]

3. His time will soon be up if we do what we have to do in November and his base will ultimately

realize that they are fools who have been taken for a ride. His pockets have been filled at the expense of their needs being ignored. They'll soon realize that they didn't benefit from the tax cut to the extent that it's noticeable and where are those good paying jobs he promised for those in the rust belt states. They still won't have their country back since they will still have to share it with black, brown, red and yellow people.

He made a mockery of the christian right, their religion, and their God; and their God will hold them personally accountable for their running behind a charlatan when they should have known better. They were jaded by their hatred of former President Obama and people of color in general and their own sense of entitlement at the expense of others, which made the con by a 5 time bankruptcy seeking carnival barker, just that much easier to pull off.

[Tom Rinaldo]

4. We have grown accustomed to calling elections "pivotal"

In hindsight I think the results of Novemeber's election will be seen as a turning point for western democracies. Exactly that much is at stake.