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When it Comes to Avoiding War, Trump’s Base Might be Our Best Hope.
How they may help us avoid catastrophe.
With each passing day, it grows terrifyingly more likely that we will in fact have military engagement with Iran, and maybe even Venezuela as well. Not to mention we may also be entering a cyberwar with Russia. The continuous and blatant escalations of conflict all over the world is almost as overwhelming as it is horrifying, and it’s difficult to know where to begin when considering all these possibilities.
While perhaps his instincts may have in fact been noninterventionist, Trump has surrounded himself with close allies in the administration who are smarter, more tactical, and whose instincts are most definitely not the same. They know how to play to our President’s ego, and as a result we are on the verge of catastrophe on multiple fronts. As of right now, it seems as though we are left with one perhaps surprising but strong ally in the fight against the persistent war drumbeat.
Trump’s base.
Let’s remember that Trump’s 2016 campaign was centered around a fake populist message that obviously resonated with a significant portion of the country, and part of that message was his anti-war stance. Trump portrayed himself as a strong opponent of the Iraq War, and promised to bring an end to…
