What people don't seem to really understand about Trump is he is not really an ideologue, he is an opportunist which is basically non-political.So, he has mostly been about "How can I make the most money while getting the most attention?"
This is not conservative, Liberal, Moderate or Populist in the end.
Some people say about Trump: "Hey Trump, Pick a group you are aligned with, pick liberal, moderate, conservative or populist." But over and over again Trump is ONLY and opportunist and not really any of these.
If I were to define him I would say he is an opportunist who will say or do anything to get what he really wants.
"What does he want?"
He wants attention,love and money and to be praised for whatever he does.
But, he isn't really a conservative, moderate, liberal or Populist because he is not an ideologue.
- How to Know if You're Dealing With an Ideologue. Simply put, an ideologue is someone who is dedicated to a certain way of thinking, whether it is political ...
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Populist supporters, like Brexit leader Farage, abandon Trump after Syria strike
After Syria strike, populist supporters abandon Trump at home and abroad
Story highlights
- Critics decried the intervention in another country
- "I think a lot of Trump voters will be waking up this morning and scratching their heads," pro-Brexit leader Nigel Farage said
Washington (CNN)While
much of the world is applauding President Donald Trump's decision to
strike a Syrian airbase in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack
against civilians, right-wing populist supporters at home and abroad are
criticizing the move and distancing themselves from him.
Nigel
Farage, the pro-Brexit leader, aligned himself with Trump during last
year's campaign, spoke at his rallies and was among the first to meet
with him after his election. On Friday morning, however, he said he was
"very surprised" by the Syria action.
"I
think a lot of Trump voters will be waking up this morning and
scratching their heads and saying, 'Where will it all end?'" he said.
"As a firm Trump supporter, I say, yes, the pictures were horrible, but
I'm surprised," Farage continued, arguing that in a region riven by
Islamic extremism, "whatever Assad's sins, he is secular."
Farage's
comments captured the wave of right-wing anger and frustration that
followed the US strike -- and they pointed up an odd reversal.
Populists
who applauded Trump for his disdain for US interventions overseas and
his campaign declaration that the US "cannot be the policeman of the
world" were aghast by the strike. In contrast, an international
community that has often held Trump at arm's length stepped up to
declare their rock-solid support for the new US president.
French
President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel -- with
whom Trump has had particularly chilly relations -- said that Syrian
President Bashar al "Assad is entirely responsible for the development
of the situation." NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg agreed and
added that any use of chemical weapons "cannot go unanswered." The
Syrian chemical attack on a rebel-held town killed more than 80 people
and injured more than 500, according to a Syrian Civil Defense report on
the attacks.
Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau announced that his government "fully supports
the United States' limited and focused action to degrade the Assad
regime's ability to launch chemical weapons attacks against innocent
civilians." And Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his country
supported the US resolve.
United
Kingdom Defense Secretary Michael Fallon told the BBC that "we fully
support what the Americans have done," adding that the strike was
"limited and wholly appropriate."
This
made for a stark contrast to Farage, who urged Britain not to get
involved in any further strikes. "Previous interventions in the Middle
East have made things worse rather than better," Farage said.
The
current leader of Farage's Independence Party, Paul Nuttall, said the
strike was "rash, trigger-happy, nonsensical and will achieve nothing. I
hoped for better."
"The whole
world rightly condemns the use of chemical weapons in Syria, but the US
attack on the Assad regime does nothing to lower tensions, nor will it
hasten peace in that country," Nuttall said. "Too often, rash responses
to horrific situations are about the conscience of the attacker rather
than a clear-headed response to an awful situation."
In
France, National Front leader Marine Le Pen also appeared to distance
herself from Trump, saying on Twitter that she "strongly condemned" the
"horrible" strike on the Syrian airbase.
"Is
it too much to ask that we wait for the results of an independent
international investigation before carrying out a strike like this in
Syria?" she told France 2 television on Friday.
Populist
leaders within the US registered their disapproval as well. "I'm deeply
concerned that these strikes could lead to the United States once again
being dragged back into the quagmire of long-term military engagement
in the Middle East," said Vermont's Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders. "If
the last 15 years have shown anything, it's that such engagements are
disastrous for American security, for the American economy and for the
American people."
Kentucky
Republican Sen. Rand Paul, a staunch advocate for keeping the US out of
foreign entanglements, called on Trump to consult on Congress. "While we
all condemn the atrocities in Syria, the United States was not
attacked," Paul said. "The President needs congressional authorization
for military action as required by the Constitution, and I call on him
to come to Congress for a proper debate."
Conservative
foreign policy experts who often support the President's positions also
expressed dismay. John Glaser, the Cato Institute's associate director
of foreign policy studies, said that "Trump's decision to attack the
Syrian regime has no legal authority and little chance of actually
mitigating the suffering of Syrians caught in the civil war."
Glaser
went on the say that "the key now is to see whether Trump will be able
to resist the temptation to escalate and avoid the kind of mission creep
that has sucked the United States into hopeless Middle East quagmires
in the past."
Further to the right
on the political spectrum, Trump's alt-right populist supporters in the
US also condemned the missile attack. "I guess Trump wasn't 'Putin's
puppet' after all, he was just another deep state/Neo-Con puppet. I'm
officially OFF the Trump train," Infowars' Paul Joseph Watson said.
"It's
been fun lads, but the fun is over," he said in a post on Twitter. "I
will be focusing my efforts on Le Pen, who tried to warn Trump against
this disaster."
Right-wing
commentator Ann Coulter, who campaigned for Trump, wrote on Twitter:
"Those who wanted us meddling in the Middle East voted for other
candidates."
"Trump campaigned on
not getting involved in Mideast," she wrote. "Said it always helps our
enemies & creates more refugees. Then he saw a picture on TV."
And
former Brietbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, who recently resigned in
disgrace over comments that appeared to defend pedophilia, wrote on
Twitter, "There comes a day in every child's life when his Daddy
bitterly disappoints him."
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