Stonking!
Stonking! Why Trump must win for the world, discusses China’s spurious rise and the 2020 USA elections. The author posits that Trump and some of his Republican Party, who have been vocal critics of China on trade equalization and tariffs, international property theft and human rights violations, have a proven record of standing up to China. They will need to win the 2020 elections by a clear filibuster majority in both houses if the White House is to secure a mandate to resist China.
Charles Davies describes the authoritarian and dictatorial nature of the Chinese regime and how it exports its ideology, culture, and practices to subservient territories. Davies argues that the Democrats, under a President Biden government, will become China’s enablers and reverse the process that has been achieved in the last 4 years. Meanwhile, the political and business leaders of other nations states around the world bow to China, either as willing partners or from fear of what they might lose if they express their views contrary to Chinese orthodoxy.
Davies asserts that the nations of Africa, the author’s ancestral continent, whose nascent democracies are susceptible to corruption and undemocratic tendencies, can be willingly railroaded by a marauding nouveau-colonialist China. In this geopolitical climate only the USA can resist China in its quest for world supremacy by electing the right forces in November 2020.
Getting Trump
Since he decided to run for President, Donald Trump has dominated the news cycle. The media has been completely captivated with him, covering his tweets, and every odd remark. When he won the election, his previous good relationship with the media seemed to vanish, and they turned their attention to trying to bring him down. He became a figure to ridicule in the campaign, someone who would never win.
However, as a shrewd businessman, Trump knew how to make the most of the bad publicity; and used it to his advantage to win against the odds. His campaign was won primarily over social media, which meant he could bypass the press and talk to people directly.
The mainstream media bias has persisted, with the media reveling in his perceived blunders. They are clearly out to get Trump, one way or another.
This book is written from the perspective of an interested observer and an outsider to these events. The book takes a pragmatic approach, looking at tweets, media reports and published materials to consider how Trump could be understood differently and how the media could take a more professional and constructive path. The author urges an open mind, to look at the evidence and make your own judgement.