More Carrier Controversy

I don’t want to beat a dead horse here, as I’ve already posted material on this whole Carrier deal. But George Will is such a national treasure and is so clear about this one relatively small deal’s portents for the future that I’m posting his article of today. I think it’s somewhat encouraging that someone so serious and thoughtful, who is not always an easy read and does not condescend or pander to his readers, has been out there writing his columns for 40 years.

I would especially encourage two groups within my readership to read Will’s article:

1) Those of you who want to say that “Donald Trump is going to be a better President than Ronald Reagan—you’ll see!” Reagan was a reader of the authors Will cites and was a serious student of history. Whatever you may say, or want to say, about our Presdent-elect, the words “reader” and “serious student” do not apply.

2) Those of you who want to say that we should “give Donald Trump a chance.” The problem is, we need to do exactly the opposite. All of the behaviors he exhibited during that campaign that concerned and indeed frightened those of us who opposed him are still completely on display now. Believe me, if after the election Trump had suddenly shown a serious, thoughtful side, (and if he had refrained from tweeting), then I’d be breathing a sigh of relief along with everybody else. But that’s not what is happening. We can’t “give him a chance” for the first year or so and then wake up and suddenly realize that the damage he has inflicted is, well, YUGE.

Okay. Enough of that. Please read this article.

“Trump’s Carrier Deal Is the Opposite of Conservatism”