Los Angeles Times (July 16)
“Demeaning, offensive, nativist, unbecoming a president”—President Trump’s words telling 4 members of Congress to go back to their own countries were all of that and more, but “they were not politically stupid.” The president “wants to run against something scarier than he is, which is why he” wants “to paint Democrats as radical socialists.” He “wants the most liberal and controversial House members to become the face of the Democratic Party so he, the most disruptive and norm-violating president of modern times, will seem like the political equivalent of comfort food, or at worst the devil you know.”
Tags: Congress, Controversial, Demeaning, Disruptive, Liberal, Nativist, Offensive, Politically stupid, Radical, Socialists, Trump, Unbecoming
Bloomberg (May 23)
“Japan is beginning a major and unprecedented exercise.” Though “new immigration will help keep Japan’s economy and pension system afloat, it will inevitably introduce social strains.” Time alone will tell “whether the country’s culture and institutions will be able to learn from Europe’s experience and manage a smooth transition, or whether immigration will spark a nativist backlash that closes the country off once again.”
Tags: Backlash, Culture, Economy, Europe, Immigration, Japan, Nativist, Pension system, Social strains
