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Trump Is The Enfant Terrible In The White House

Kevin C. Peterson
4 min readOct 16, 2019

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By Kevin C. Peterson

For a long time now it has become a rolling cliche among democratic presidential hopefuls that the current occupant of the White House lacks emotional fortitude, mental stability — any scintilla of redeeming ethics.

The candidates at last night’s democratic debate in Westerville, Ohio were relentless in their corporate onslaught upon the Trump presidency, assaying his capacity to lead, insisting upon his incurable political myopia, agreeing that Trump’s tenure in office has been dysfunctional, at best. The clique of would-be presidential candidates have centered much of their justification for being in the race to occupy 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue upon president Trump’s moral inconstancy, his juvenile political practice and the unrelentingly noxious mood he has brought upon the nation.

Trump is routinely described by his democratic challengers as unprincipled and uncouth, as a churlish and imbecilic. Yet, few to date have captured Trump with such unvarnished appraisal than Senator Kamala Harris during — and in the aftermath — of last night’s debate in the Buck-Eye state.

Sen. Harris has never been shy in letting her passion show since she entered the race earlier this January. Most Americans, who have been attuned to the “pre-stakes” of the democratic party…

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Kevin C. Peterson
Kevin C. Peterson

Written by Kevin C. Peterson

Kevin Peterson is founder of the New Democracy Coalition and Convener of the Fanueil Hall Race and Reconciliation Project. He is a social and cultural critic.

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