When I was a little boy, I used to ask my parents questions that would help me understand the basics of living in America. I remember what they told me about electing the president of the United States, and the qualities most people looked for in the person who would ultimately come to occupy the highest office in the land.
Though I can’t remember anything more specific about the conversation, I definitely recall that “honesty” and “high moral character” were at the top of the list, and I went through my life believing this to be the case.
You can imagine my surprise and dismay when, half a century later, Donald Trump arrived on the political scene. I called my mother, and asked how it was possible that this man has any traction whatsoever with American voters.
She was almost as shocked as I was.
Maybe turning the White House into an attraction for the country’s least educated people (some say “trailer trash”) isn’t a good idea. It’s often referred to as the most demeaning moment in U.S history.
But let’s be real. Our nation is at its lowest point since its founding. Maybe we can, as a country, use this moment of extreme degradation as alcoholics refer to as “hitting rock bottom.”
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I met a fellow earlier today who, with a partner, owns and runs a company that imports a wide variety of goods into the United States from China.
I asked him, naively, how tariffs are affecting him. He said, “Well, until recently, taxes on our goods were 3.5%; now they’re 45%. I pass most of this this on to my (retailer) customer, and he passes it on to you. If you’re wondering why the price of a stick of deodorant has just gone through the roof, you’ve just figured it out.”
In retrospect, I shouldn’t have brought it up in the first place.
I met a gentleman from South Africa yesterday, and I told him that I’m sure he knows that Trevor Noah is a huge thing here in the U.S.
He replied that he doesn’t like Trevor Noah and explained that he doesn’t think politics and comedy should be mixed.
I thought that to be peculiar, as political humor has been a big deal here for centuries, and has grown mightily since the 1970s. Think of Saturday Night Live and all the late-night television hosts that have come along and achieved huge popularity.
More to the point, this is Trevor Noah’s brand. It’s what he does–and sells for a living. It’s like Nike and its swoosh and it’s “Just do it” slogan.
I have a feeling that what he objects to is the mixing of left-wing politics and comedy, because he doesn’t like to see progressive ideas promoted in society.
https://www.2greenenergy.com/2026/06/14/trevor-noah/
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