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Donald Trump's Tory cheerleaders have brought lasting shame on Britain
From Rafael Behr in The Guardian:
Conservatives who relished the US president’s ascent are now silent. But the UK will pay for its collusion in America’s tragedy
The morning after Donald Trump’s election in November 2016, a Conservative minister bounded up to me in Westminster’s New Palace Yard to share one of the worst political predictions I have ever heard: “It’ll be fine,” he said with triumph. “You’ll see. He’ll govern as an Eisenhower-style Republican.”
It is not fine and Eisenhower’s legacy is nowhere to be seen, except perhaps in the action of those generals who warned their president not to use military force against peaceful protests.
Tories who relished Trump’s ascent are now silent. Many will deny that they supported him and some will even believe that. Shame drives out awkward memories and scrubs consciences clean.
It is not fine and Eisenhower’s legacy is nowhere to be seen, except perhaps in the action of those generals who warned their president not to use military force against peaceful protests.
Tories who relished Trump’s ascent are now silent. Many will deny that they supported him and some will even believe that. Shame drives out awkward memories and scrubs consciences clean.
Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/10/donald-trump-tory-britain-conservatives-us-president
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trump showed us he was.
Germany warned us in January 2016.. Der Spiegel
