The title of this article reflects the question raised by Pat Buchanan—an adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford, and a former GOP presidential aspirant himself—in the next-to-the-last paragraph of an article entitled “A Culture War Battle Trump Can Win”:
Speaking at Mount Rushmore on Friday, and from the White House lawn on Saturday, July 4, Donald Trump recast the presidential race.
He seized upon an issue that can turn his fortunes around, and the wounded howls of the media testify to the power of his message.
Standing beneath the mammoth carved images of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, Trump declared: “Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials, and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities.”
These mobs are made up of Marxists, criminals and anarchists. Their cause is a cultural revolution. “Their goal is not a better America. Their goal is the end of America.”
After reciting the achievements of his four predecessors, Trump added: “No movement that seeks to dismantle these treasured American legacies can possibly have a love of America at its heart.”
Then he put it right into the basement hideaway of Joe Biden: “No person who remains quiet at the destruction of this resplendent heritage can possibly lead us to a better future.”
Trump is calling out Biden’s silence in the face of an onslaught against our heroes and history as manifest political cowardice that makes Biden a moral accomplice of the mobs.
One day, Basement Boy is going to have to speak out.
Where was Biden when Trump was standing up for America on Independence Day?
As his Party tweeted that Trump’s trip to Mount Rushmore was aimed at “glorifying white supremacy,” Biden was wailing about the need “to rip the roots of systemic racism” out of America.
Does that sound like Harry Truman or JFK?
So the lines are drawn for 2020.
On one side are those who believe America is a good country, the greatest the world has ever seen, and that the men who created this miracle should be respected, revered and remembered.
That is not the view of the left wing of the Democratic Party.
For even as the fireworks were exploding on the Mall, a Baltimore mob was tearing down, smashing up and dumping into the Inner Harbor a landmark statue of Christopher Columbus.
That statue stood next to the Baltimore neighborhood of Little Italy and had been dedicated in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan.
Do the haters of Columbus think that destroying Columbus’ statues across America will not anger and alienate Americans of Italian descent who revere the explorer? Does Biden think Italian-Americans will reward a candidate and party that will not renounce the mob that did this?
As the left wing of the Democratic Party embraces the “defund the police” movement, how long will it hold onto voters who are today watching murder rates climb to new records?
During Independence Day weekend in Chicago, 80 people were shot, and 17 of them killed.
In New York City, the number of shooting victims has risen this year by 50%. In June, there were 250 shootings, an increase of 150 over June 2019. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s response: cutting $1 billion from the NYPD budget.
Over July 4, an armed Black militia arrived at the reopening of the Stone Mountain monument in Georgia, which features huge carved images of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. They want its destruction.
Trump is charged with “dividing the nation.”
But it is not Trump trashing cops or providing cover for “protests” marked by looting and arson. Nor is it Trump tearing down memorials and monuments to the great Americans of the past.
Where the Democratic Party has been a portrait in indecisiveness, Trump has been clear. He stands with the cops who have gone through a hellish six weeks. He stands against defacing statues and destroying monuments. He has denounced the rioting, looting and arson that have accompanied protests the media never cease to describe as “peaceful.”
It is not Trump who is dividing America. He has pledged to resist the rampages with all the weapons in his presidential arsenal.
There are four months until November’s election, 18 weeks until America decides: Do we want to continue an era of protests that revert to rioting, looting and arson? Do we want to see police departments further constricted and trashed as neo-fascist?
Do we wish to see statues of presidents from Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln and Grant to Teddy Roosevelt trashed by mobs that hate America, hate her heroes and hate her history?
Trump’s stand for tradition and against mob rule is the only stand the president can take. And it is a necessary stand. For this culture war is going to last long after this presidency. And it is going to determine what kind of country we shall become.
Will it be the great and glorious republic of the past or the social and cultural Marxist hellhole that is the promise of the mobs?
Trump just played the patriotism card, the correct card to play, and it may just work for his reelection.[2]
As a nation, we have not come this far to have its future snuffed out by the thugs, slugs, hoods and mongrels—also known as the “Black Lives Matter” and Antifa criminals—who must be put down like rabid animals. Their “destiny” is not ours.[3] Among other things, we do not have a choice because we have external enemies who seek to destroy us as a nation. China launched the deadly Coronavirus as a bioweapon or inadvertently; and it seeks to dominate the world.[4]
George Orwell wrote of this phenomenon in his prescient “Animal Farm,” where all of the animals were equal until the Pigs reigned supreme and subjugated the other animals.[5] Today’s “Pigs” reside in China and among America’s Left and its media, and include the thugs, slugs, hoods and mongrels who burn and loot our cities, attack our police, perpetuate black-on-black crime (especially against elderly black women who have been terrorized for decades), and seek to desecrate our history and what our great American “experiment” has accomplished. They must be crushed, ruthlessly.
Instead of being feted as a hero, former NFL player and race hustler Colin Kaepernick—who refused to stand for our national anthem, and has called our July 4th Independence Day a “celebration of white supremacy”—must be banned from football forever; and his corporate sponsors such as Disney must be boycotted.[6] Indeed, because of Kaepernick and other racist thugs who play in the NFL, lots of Americans are boycotting the sport. None of the players should be coddled for a nanosecond.
© 2020, Timothy D. Naegele
[1] Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass). He and his firm, Timothy D. Naegele & Associates, specialize in Banking and Financial Institutions Law, Internet Law, Litigation and other matters (see www.naegele.com and Timothy D. Naegele Resume-20-6-30). He has an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Joint_Service). Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g., www.naegele.com/whats_new.html#articles and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/articles/), and can be contacted directly at tdnaegele.associates@gmail.com
[2] See https://buchanan.org/blog/a-culture-war-battle-trump-can-win-138869 (“A Culture War Battle Trump Can Win”)
[3] See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/26/american-blacks-constitute-less-than-14-percent/ (“American Blacks Constitute Less Than 14 Percent”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/16/the-campaign-to-cancel-history/ (“The Campaign To Cancel History”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/12/lets-remove-all-evidence-that-barack-obama-martin-luther-king-jr-and-jfk-ever-existed/ (“Let’s Remove All Evidence That Barack Obama, Martin Luther King Jr. And JFK Ever Existed”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/09/the-war-on-cops/ (“The War On Cops”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/07/i-tore-down-my-first-black-lives-matter-sign-today/ (“I Tore Down My First Black Lives Matter Sign Today”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/02/history-repeats-itself-thugs-riot-in-america/ (“History Repeats Itself: Thugs Riot In America”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/minneapolis-burns/ (“Minneapolis Burns”)
[4] See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/can-we-coexist-with-asias-communists/ (“Can We Coexist with Asia’s Communists?”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/the-coronavirus-and-similar-global-issues-how-to-address-them/ (“The Coronavirus And Similar Global Issues: How To Address Them”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/12/coexistence-with-china-or-war/ (“Coexistence With China Or War?”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/16/the-coronavirus-must-become-chinas-chernobyl-hastening-the-collapse-of-its-evil-regime/ (“The Coronavirus Must Become China’s Chernobyl, Hastening The Collapse Of Its Evil Regime”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/07/why-should-the-world-trust-china-ever-again/ (“Why Should The World Trust China Ever Again?”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/25/china-infects-the-world-then-lies-and-blames-america/ (“China Infects The World, Then Lies And Blames America”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/02/20/expert-warns-quarantine-process-failed-as-china-stands-ready-to-crash-world-economy/ (“Expert Warns Quarantine Process Failed, As China Stands Ready To Crash World Economy”)
[5] See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm (“Animal Farm“); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/09/this-is-war-abraham-lincoln-and-ronald-reagan-understood-this-and-donald-trump-does-too/ (“This Is War—Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan Understood This, And Donald Trump Does Too“) and Timothy D. Naegele, The Coronavirus and Similar Global Issues: How to Address Them, 137 BANKING L. J. 285 (June 2020) (Naegele June 2020) (Timothy D. Naegele) [NOTE: To download The Banking Law Journal article, please click on the link to the left of this note] and https://www.wsj.com/articles/140-000-businesses-listed-on-yelp-are-still-closed-because-of-covid-19-pandemic-11593057601 (“140,000 Businesses Listed on Yelp Are Still Closed Because of Covid-19 Pandemic”)
[6] See https://www.newsmax.com/us/kaepernick-independence-douglass/2020/07/05/id/975738/ (“Colin Kaepernick Calls July 4th ‘Celebration Of White Supremacy'”); see also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/is-redemption-possible-for-tiger-woods/#comment-17887 (“The Nike Boycott Must Continue And Intensify”) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/#comment-10895 (“Race Hustlers Like The NAACP, Colin Kaepernick And Barack Obama”) and https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/colin-kaepernick-walt-disney-first-look-deal-espn-1234698911/ (“Colin Kaepernick Signs First-Look Deal With Walt Disney”)
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Thanks, but I do not gamble; and it is way too early to call it, as 2016 proved in spades.
Sleepy Joe will implode before election day. He has had at least two brain surgeries, which have made it difficult for him to string together two sentences.
Couple that with the allegations of rape, and his constant groping, and his kickbacks (and those of Hunter), etc., and he is likely to fade into history like George McGovern and Mike Dukakis.
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Kind of like the 2016 prediction. No thanks. I voted Trump then and I will again. I #walkedaway from that horrid group of liars in 2015.
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Thank you.
I began as a Democrat, but will never vote for one again.
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The Freak Wants America’s Greatest Traitor Feted [UPDATED]
Douglas Ernst has written in The Washington Times:
See https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/8/don-lemon-obamas-face-front-and-center-on-mount-ru/ (“Obama on Mount Rushmore a good idea when ‘reshaping’ U.S., Don Lemon says“) (emphasis added)
The freak of nature, Don Lemon, wants the un-American, anti-Semite and our greatest traitor, Barack Obama, feted on Mount Rushmore.
No one should be surprised in the least that lots of us began boycotting CNN years ago, and will never watch it again.
See also https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/is-barack-obama-a-racist/ (“Is Barack Obama A Racist?“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2019/11/15/when-will-barack-obamas-trial-for-sedition-begin/ (“When Will Barack Obama’s Trial For Sedition Begin?“) and https://thehill.com/homenews/media/414251-cnns-lemon-stands-white-men-are-biggest-terror-threat-to-us-comment-evidence (“CNN’s [Don] Lemon doubles down: ‘Evidence is overwhelming’ that white men are ‘biggest terror threat’”) and https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7353901/Don-Lemon-accused-grabbing-genitals-shoving-fingers-Florida-mans-face-suit.html (“Don Lemon accused of grabbing his genitals, then shoving his fingers in a Florida man’s face in suit“) and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/the-democrats-are-evil-but-smart-while-the-republicans-are-neanderthals-and-dumb/#comment-17068 (“The Freaks Are Running The Circus’ Asylum“)
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RED VS. BLUE STATE CLASH IN SOUTH DAKOTA ?
If Congress and the National Park Service ever were to actually attempt to construct a bust of President Obama at Mt. Rushmore, then they might need to post the National Guard to provide extensive site security before, during, and after. I suspect some locals might just get rude about it, to put it mildly.
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It will happen when the Chinese are occupying Washington, D.C., and not a minute before—which means that it will never happen.
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RELATIVE STRENGTH IS OUR BEST DETERRENT TO WAR
I agree, the Chinese will never (want) to occupy any part of any country, as was done during WWII by Germany and Japan. I think their security goals are more targeted and their military resources less formidable. That does not mean we can neglect defense spending and technology for long and expect to get away with it in today’s world. Nor does it mean a return to pro-Chinese foreign policy and trade agreements.
American consumers really need to upgrade: if its Made in China, DO NOT BUY IT. Boycott China and they are done economically. If not, then China lives to fight another day.
Here is an Indian description of the REAL Chinese Army today: “Full of Wimps, Sissies, and Little Emperors due to the One Child Policy” ( 1973-2015). You will like this video because all China’s army can do is threaten its neighbors. Their military is ineffectual in battle because they are not well-trained.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV_ByYZyqIw
The future dilemma for America is if we continue to elect weak leaders and weak men in political positions of power, then you should expect our military to reflect those attributes, as emulation is the best way for advancement in a peace time army. Real soldiers are only formed in the crucible of combat ( a.k.a. Real War). We don’t have those kinds of Generals today, unfortunately.
So, the future is uncertain because our national resolve remains untested in modern times. That will be tested in future years as China develops its own kind of international belligerence. China currently is the Asian Bully. Who will challenge a Asian “Corn Pop”? Sure not a President Joe Biden. China can only succeed if we are weak and elect weak leaders and appoint weak Generals.
Strength is our best deterant to War. We need to consciously work on that at all levels. America’s domestic response to Covid-19 has exposed our great weaknesses. We need to work on that so next time, in relative strength terms, China is kept a distant third place. It won’t be easy because too many voters remain stupid or uninformed (Weak). Undue Conformity (wearing a mask indoors or outdoors ) is a sign of weakness. In contemporary America, courage is in short supply at most all levels of society.
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Thank you, Craig, for your comments and the video, which I just watched.
I have believed for a long time that China is a “paper tiger” with severe economic problems. If my recommendations of a global economic boycott were implemented, there are reasons to believe that China would collapse.
See, e.g., Timothy D. Naegele, The Coronavirus and Similar Global Issues: How to Address Them, 137 BANKING L. J. 285 (June 2020) (Naegele June 2020) (Timothy D. Naegele) [NOTE: To download The Banking Law Journal article, please click on the link to the left of this note] and https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/16/the-coronavirus-must-become-chinas-chernobyl-hastening-the-collapse-of-its-evil-regime/ (“The Coronavirus Must Become China’s Chernobyl, Hastening The Collapse Of Its Evil Regime”)
Indeed, as I wrote on May 26th of this year, in response to your comments:
See https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/26/america-wont-reunite-until-its-leftist-media-is-torn-asunder/#comment-24498 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_aircraft_carrier_Liaoning (“Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning”); see also https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/8/us-admirals-china-sea-carrier-operation-meant-mess/ (“China Sea carrier operation meant as message to Beijing, say U.S. admirals”)
The longer that India exposes the weak underbelly of the Chinese military, the better. However, it appears that China is willing to sacrifice Hong Kong’s position as a global financial center in order to subjugate its residents and snuff out democracy. Similarly, it is “reeducating”—persecuting—at least 120,000 and possibly over 1 million Uyghurs.
See, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghurs#Persecution_of_Uyghurs_in_Xinjiang (“Persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang”)
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