Once a year, Maureen Dowd lets her brother hijack her column to make a pitch for the GOP. This year, he made the claim that Trump, like other reactionaries, “unapologetically loves America.” Is that true?
Of course not! We’re talking about Cadet Bone Spurs here–the man who thinks that sacrificing your life for your country makes you a sucker. The man who is doing his best to trash liberal democracy in America. The man who would be the Founding Fathers’ worst nightmare if he had the skill and the energy to create the authoritarian regime that he openly prefers.
Donald Trump and his biggest fans don’t love America. They hate the people who don’t unconditionally support “America,” a fictional entity run solely by and for white Christian men. That isn’t patriotism; it’s anger, delusion, and naked self-interest.