Donald Trump Elected As The Next U.S. President

The election of Donald Trump as our next president exposed a truth about where “we the people” are at. Because there could be no doubt in the minds of those who elected him what Trump intends to do once back in the White House. There was nothing vague about his platform. He made it clear he believes only he and other strongmen—and that’s “strong men”, not strong women-- should rule America. Women, in fact, are too weak to rule, or apparently, even to know what’s best for them. So, whether they want it or not, he will protect them as he, alone, sees fit to do. He believes, and says openly, that he was chosen by the God that he claims to believe in to be our president. He says he’s going to rule as a dictator, if need be, and why do we need the Constitution? He intends to rid this country of millions of our immigrant sisters and brothers so that their so-called “evil blood” and criminal ways will no longer infect true Americans. To reinstitute “stop and frisk” laws, which always target people of color, to end crime. And despite all of this and more, a majority of us have voted to give him the chance to do exactly what he said he would do, what he promised to do!

Yes, we will now have as our president, an admitted authoritarian. A man who those who know him best say is a fascist. We can only wonder, with fear in our hearts and minds, what a second Trump Administration will mean for the poor, for the working class, for women, for immigrants, for people of color, and for freedom of the press and freedom of speech. And we must engage in such wondering, in no small part, because of how the many millions of votes from those groups of Americans we are so worried about got him elected; got him elected so he could do to them what he’s promised to do!

So today we’ve invited back to the show a leading member of the truly progressive movement in America to discuss what this second Trump presidency will mean for “we the people”, and how we can best mobilize to oppose its planned legislation and Executive Orders, and fight back against the unprecedented authoritarianism that now awaits us come next January.

Guest - Richard Becker is the West Coast Regional Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition); the author of "Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire", and the book "The Myth of Democracy and the Rule of the Banks." Richard Becker is also one of this nation's most dedicated and effective political organizers on behalf of peace and social and economic justice.

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A Democratic Party Disaster

Democratic Party presidential candidate Kamala. Harris, lost the election contest to  Donald Trump by a large margin both in the electoral college and by the popular vote. Harris was placed at the top of the ticket by the elites in the Democratic Party and their very rich donors.

She was chosen even though she got not a single primary vote. Her program was devoid of any vigorous social democrat policies like those proposed by Bernie Sanders that could’ve won people over. She remained tied to the Biden administration, particularly with respect to the genocide America is supporting in Palestine.

Harris was a disaster for the Democratic Party. The majority of American voters wanted change. Above all, Trump represented that. Trump scapegoated immigrants. It was quite obviously a misogynist, a racist, and crude and cruel vulgarian. This was overlooked, accepted, even embraced by the millions of people who supported him

Guest - Margaret Kimberley, the Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report and the author of the book “Prejudential”