Trumpolitics

Trump, Entrepreneurship, and the Consequences of Running the Government like a Business Startup

For most observers President Trump’s behavior has ranged from frustrating and confusing to downright dangerous. He has consistently used exaggeration, hyperbole, and flat-out lying to cause complete confusion in political dialogues across America and the world. He has also created serious problems through questionable appointments for key positions, inattentiveness to essential responsibilities, and a chaotic approach to engaging traditional roles and responsibilities associated with the presidency. The result has been a litany of questions regarding the seemingly irrational contradictions of his party’s platform, as well as his own self-interest.

Yet, with every mistake and questionable act his supporters only reaffirm their devotion to him. As with all devotion it begins with complete acceptance of Trump’s claims of preeminence. Next is the establishment of strong bulwarks of avoidance, “whataboutism”, and willful ignorance with regards to any arguments or evidence threatening those claims. Finally, they have proven willing to proactively attack sources of that evidence as part of the ongoing ‘information war’ against his detractors and their “fake news”. Whether it’s illegal immigration, the benefit of recent tax cuts, bringing back coal, the legitimacy of climate change, or even Obama’s birth…