“ He is a great American, but he is more than that. In war he was as wise and understanding in counsel as he was resolute in action. In peace he was the architect who planned the restoration of our battered European economy and at the same time, labored tirelessly to (1)
Establish a system of western defense. He has always fought victoriously against defeatism, discouragement and disillusion. Succeeding generations must not be allowed to forget his achievements and example”. Winston Churchill describing General George Marshall. Today on the (2)
75th anniversary of the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, in the midst of an epic crisis, we would all do well to consider what might have been if America had been led by men like Trump as opposed to FDR, Truman, Marshall, Eisenhower and Nimitz. What would have (3)
Happened if that great moment of testing had coincided with a degenerate Presidency like Trump’s? What would have happened if dishonesty, indecency, selfishness, depravity and all of Trump’s pathologies and defects were celebrated as virtuous as they are on his propaganda (4)
Networks? What would have happened if one American political party was deeply invested in conspiracy theories and rejected science and data? What would have happened if we had a President like Trump who lacks the moral, mental and intellectual fiber to lead? Thank God we didn’t.
