Reposted by Aminda Smith
Comparing Trump 1.0 to Mao entirely missed the point, as aptly pointed out by @amindarella.bsky.social (positionspolitics.org/aminda-smith...). But how about analyzing Trump 2.0 and his recent strike of appointments through a twisted Maoist / simplified CR lens, contorted 炮打司令部 vibes, anyone?!
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Aminda Smith: Donald Trump, Mao Zedong, and the Audacity of the Masses
Donald Trump’s political career has invited all kinds of analogies, some useful, most not. Among the most facile have been the attempts to portray the US president as a Mao-Zedong-like figure. The pun...
