Thomas Friedman is the culmination, the purist distillation, of 'elite' punditry. His only talent is vomiting up essays full useless bullshit delivered in tones of 200-proof condescension. Though such a thing is barely conceivable, he's more insufferable than David Brooks. Yet some people I know think he's brilliant. (Some other people I know think Robert Kennedy jr knows more about immunology than scientists who've spent whole careers studying it. It makes one despair, it really does. )
"Trump lies all the time, he has no idea what he’s doing, he is motivated, not by care for Americans or American interests, but by hate, blind ego, and self-aggrandizement."
In these respects, he is very much similar to the way fellow Republican Joseph McCarthy conducted his Communist witch hunts in the 1950s, save for the fact that Tail Gunner Joe was arguably far more in his right mind when he acted.
Regarding the first few graphs: Trump's horrible nature and complete lack of any redeeming qualities are obvious to anyone who pays the slightest attention. And yet, as you point out, many people, including so-called elites, look past this for whatever reasons. I truly feel gaslit when people gloss over his manifest unfitness for any position of responsibility, down to and including grade school hall monitor.
I think some part of it might be deeply repressed knowledge that the elite/pundit class was instrumental in catapulting him into power and If they were to acknowledge that him being in power is bad, then they'd have to acknowledge their part in putting him there.
May 29th is the 23rd anniversary of Thomas Friedman's — frankly — blatant admission that US foreign policy has, at times, to take sociopathic killer action in answer to sociopathic killers. I refer to his notorious "suck on this" interview with, uh, Charlie Rose (wonder what happened to *that* guy?). Ever since then, i have ignored his writing and would cross the street if i ever saw him coming down the block.
Is this the same guy that wrote “The World is Flat”? I think my father-in-law gave me that not long after it was published and it took me nearly twelve paragraphs to realize I was reading drivel. I never again paid any attention to him.
If Europe has any role to play, it will be alongside Pakistan helping to negotiate or implement an agreement between the US and Iran. Trump created this mess and there’s no daddy around to buy more chips.
Thomas Friedman is the culmination, the purist distillation, of 'elite' punditry. His only talent is vomiting up essays full useless bullshit delivered in tones of 200-proof condescension. Though such a thing is barely conceivable, he's more insufferable than David Brooks. Yet some people I know think he's brilliant. (Some other people I know think Robert Kennedy jr knows more about immunology than scientists who've spent whole careers studying it. It makes one despair, it really does. )
"Trump lies all the time, he has no idea what he’s doing, he is motivated, not by care for Americans or American interests, but by hate, blind ego, and self-aggrandizement."
In these respects, he is very much similar to the way fellow Republican Joseph McCarthy conducted his Communist witch hunts in the 1950s, save for the fact that Tail Gunner Joe was arguably far more in his right mind when he acted.
Totally agree with the analysis.
Regarding the first few graphs: Trump's horrible nature and complete lack of any redeeming qualities are obvious to anyone who pays the slightest attention. And yet, as you point out, many people, including so-called elites, look past this for whatever reasons. I truly feel gaslit when people gloss over his manifest unfitness for any position of responsibility, down to and including grade school hall monitor.
I think some part of it might be deeply repressed knowledge that the elite/pundit class was instrumental in catapulting him into power and If they were to acknowledge that him being in power is bad, then they'd have to acknowledge their part in putting him there.
May 29th is the 23rd anniversary of Thomas Friedman's — frankly — blatant admission that US foreign policy has, at times, to take sociopathic killer action in answer to sociopathic killers. I refer to his notorious "suck on this" interview with, uh, Charlie Rose (wonder what happened to *that* guy?). Ever since then, i have ignored his writing and would cross the street if i ever saw him coming down the block.
Is this the same guy that wrote “The World is Flat”? I think my father-in-law gave me that not long after it was published and it took me nearly twelve paragraphs to realize I was reading drivel. I never again paid any attention to him.
It’s the same guy!
As my oldest might say, “what a chud“
Yeah, fuck that guy! Great stuff, Noah.
If Europe has any role to play, it will be alongside Pakistan helping to negotiate or implement an agreement between the US and Iran. Trump created this mess and there’s no daddy around to buy more chips.