METAMORPHOSIS / “Help me in this evil hour, O Giant”: The Tall One becomes religious, prays to his portrait on the wall!

 Kliko këtu për të tjera
Voxpress:

All of Donald Trump's mistakes

2026-11-07 19:48:45Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

All of Donald Trump's mistakes

He began his second term with strong popular support, but squandered it to the point of being considered un-American. President Trump's Mistakes

A promising start and the dream of making history

It was mid-February 2025, the first year of Donald Trump's second term, when White House economic advisers visited the president to deliver excellent news: American household incomes were rising, pension funds were filling up with money, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was growing beyond expectations.

Meanwhile, the Democrats were in complete disarray and didn't know where to turn.

"A lot of good things," the president had commented, savoring in advance the idea of ​​the place that fate was preparing for him in history.

Perhaps that is why, a few weeks later, he ordered the bombing of Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had convinced him that by immediately eliminating Ayatollah Khamenei, he would be able to defeat in a matter of days the enemy that for half a century had called America the "Great Satan."

In this way, Trump thought he could place himself on the same historical level as Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II.

But things didn't work out that way.

That fatal decision would set in motion a chain of catastrophic mistakes, caused partly by hubris and partly by incompetence, paving the way for Tuesday's massive electoral rejection.

This is the story of Donald Trump's mad dash towards disaster, reconstructed day by day and issue by issue by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the Associated Press (AP).

Tariffs and the return of inflation. President Trump's first mistakes

Trump had returned to the White House with a strong political mandate.

The first issue he invested his political capital on, in April, was tariffs. He was convinced that through them he would teach the Europeans a lesson and generate enough revenue to make the tax collection system of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) unnecessary, perhaps even to the point of abolishing it.

This was the first major mistake.

The Supreme Court would later declare the tariffs illegal, which, however, would not provide the anticipated revenue nor revive American manufacturing industry.

On the contrary, they would pave the way for a strong return of inflation.

Meeting with Putin and the unfulfilled promise for Ukraine

Another key moment of the first year was the August summit in Alaska with Vladimir Putin.

Trumpi vazhdonte ta konsideronte presidentin rus një mik, ndryshe nga presidenti ukrainas Volodymyr Zelensky, të cilin e shihte si një figurë bezdisëse dhe që e kishte trajtuar keq gjatë takimit në Zyrën Ovale.

Gjatë fushatës elektorale, Donald Trumpi kishte premtuar se do t’i jepte fund luftës në Ukrainë brenda 24 orësh.

Me këtë premtim, ai kishte dëgjuar kërkesat e mbështetësve të lëvizjes MAGA (Make America Great Again), të cilët nuk donin të dëgjonin më për luftëra të pafundme, veçanërisht në Lindjen e Mesme. Por diçka nuk kishte funksionuar.

Ndoshta sepse Vladimir Putini nuk ishte ai miku gjenial dhe aq i respektuar që Trumpi kishte imagjinuar. Megjithatë, politika e jashtme nuk është faktori kryesor që përcakton votën e amerikanëve. Për më tepër, ata e vlerësonin përpjekjen e presidentit për të shpenzuar më pak para në Evropë.

Edhe goditja e parë ndaj programit bërthamor iranian, në qershor, ishte parë në këtë këndvështrim: arritja e rezultatit maksimal me përpjekjen minimale.

Vrasjet nga agjentët e ICE dhe tronditja e opinionit publik

Por shenjat e para të krisjes kishin ardhur më 7 janar, kur agjentët e Shërbimit të Imigracionit dhe Doganave (ICE) kishin qëlluar me armë Renee Good në rrugët e Minneapolisit, ku po kryenin operacione për arrestimin dhe dëbimin e emigrantëve pa dokumente.

Ajo ishte një grua që po protestonte duke ushtruar të drejtat e garantuara nga Kushtetuta amerikane. Njësoj si Alex Pretti, i cili u vra rreth dy javë më vonë. Melania Trump i kishte pëshpëritur të shoqit se Stephen Miller, arkitekti i politikës së dëbimeve masive, po e tepronte. Por Donald Trumpit iu desh kohë ta dëgjonte.

Vetëm më pas ai vendosi të largonte Greg Bovinon, zyrtarin e forcave të zbatimit të ligjit që autori e përshkruan si një vigjilent të veshur si pjesëtar i SS-ve naziste, si dhe Kristi Noem, të cilën e etiketon si vrasëse qensh me kapele kauboji.

Në këtë pikë, amerikanët filluan të pyesnin veten nëse administrata që mbante sloganin “America First” nuk ishte, në të vërtetë, antiamerikane.

A ishte ajo e gatshme të shkelte rregullat themelore të demokracisë liberale? Ndërkohë, votuesit me origjinë hispanike kishin filluar të pendoheshin që e kishin mbështetur Trumpin në zgjedhje.

Skandali Epstein dhe përçarja brenda lëvizjes MAGA

Ndoshta deri në atë moment mandati i Trumpit nuk ishte dëmtuar ende në mënyrë të pakthyeshme.

Megjithatë, administrimi i keq i çështjes Jeffrey Epstein kishte goditur edhe vetë botën MAGA, duke shkaktuar përçarje me figurat më të zemëruara dhe më radikale të kampit trumpist.

Mes tyre ishte edhe Marjorie Taylor Greene, mbështetëse fanatike e teorive konspirative të QAnon dhe dikur një nga besniket më të mëdha të presidentit.

No one can deny that Trump, while weighing the advantages and risks of an attack on Iran, also had in mind the hope of distracting the media from the scandal surrounding billionaire paedophile Epstein, a man to whom Trump, according to the article, sent pornographic drawings in the form of greeting cards.

However, the president had decided to proceed with the attack on Iran, promising that everything would be resolved within six weeks.

War with Iran: The Mistake That Accelerated Disaster

Once again, things did not go as planned. The war caused clashes with US allies. At the same time, Trump became too close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a choice for which even Vice President JD Vance himself would later criticize.

The policy also caused another painful rift with a former key Trump supporter, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson. Generals and military strategists had warned the president about the dangers of closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important oil shipping lanes. But Trump didn't listen.

The consequences were the explosion of gasoline prices and the general increase in the cost of living.

The Trump family's enrichment and corruption allegations

As Americans faced ever-higher prices, they watched the president and his family grow richer.

Among the controversial issues was the idea of ​​selling access to Trump's social media posts in advance, through which he influenced the movements of financial markets. Corruption had begun to emerge as a significant concern in public opinion polls.

However, during the Dallas Convention, Trump had promised $5,000 to every American, with the aim of encouraging them to vote for his candidates, which turned out to be the wrong choice.

Midterm elections: The referendum that Trump himself demanded

As the president's popularity continued to decline, advisers advised him to keep a low profile and avoid excessive public appearances. But Trump did exactly the opposite. He turned the midterm elections into a referendum on himself.

At the same time, he continued to boast about the magnificent ballroom that was being built in the White House.

His behavior resembled that of Marie Antoinette before the French Revolution: a leader detached from the problems of the people, focused on luxury and personal grandeur, while social discontent grew.

The electoral revolution and Trump's political downfall

And the revolution did happen. But this time it wasn't a violent revolution like the French one. It was an electoral revolution, which turned against Donald Trump himself. And this time, figuratively speaking, it was his political head that ended up under the guillotine.

The Republic


Në përputhje me standarded JTI

Video

SHIKO KANALIN NE YOUTUBE
×