Trump’s defining moments
NOVANEWS
By Lawrence Davidson
Moment one
In the last few weeks President Donald Trump has gone through a series of defining moments in which his disturbing rhetorical reactions to historical developments have opened a window on his sense of the world and the nation.
Let’s pick up the story on Friday 11 August. On that day the New York Times (NYT) announced “Conservatives relish the ‘fury’ in Trump’s talk”. A blurb for the article said, “Fans of tough rhetoric see a promised kept”. The reference was to Trump’s suggestion that he would respond to any North Korean aggression with a counterattack of “fire and fury”. Maybe he would even consider a pre-emptive strike.
The “fire and fury” talk seems to have been a spontaneous, uncensored display of what President Trump would do to North Korea...