Donald Trump’s vision of doom and despair in America
By Jenna Johnson July 21 at 6:00 AM
CLEVELAND — The Republican presidential convention this week has highlighted Donald Trump’s view of America — and it sounds like a terrible, terrible place.
In Trump’s eyes, the United States is practically a third-world country with crumbling roads, aging bridges and decrepit airports. It’s led by “stupid people” — even Mexico has smarter leaders, he says — and the entire world is laughing at America and its “depleted military.” Cities have “exploded” with violence; Islamic State fighters posing as refugees might attack at any moment; and the economy is “doing lousy,” with a real unemployment rate that could be eight times higher than the official one.
Trump even compared the health of the nation to a friend who is dying of cancer and is barely holding on.
“If we don’t get tough, and if we don’t get smart, and fast, we’re not going to have our country anymore,” Trump said in a recent policy speech. “There will be nothing, absolutely nothing, left.”
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