Quotes
The past is never dead,
William Faulkner famously wrote This machine kills fascists.”
After all, it came from the mind of a man who railed against injustice and famously wrote upon his guitar National unity is now returning to America and confidence and pride is soaring like never before.”
When Trump summoned so much of the American past We will not forget our country,
President Donald Trump said That's what I want to be — a peacemaker and a unifier,
We will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars,
America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on Earth, inspiring the awe and admiration of the entire world,
We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end. And, perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.”
Another hint of US Middle East policy came in the inaugural address when Trump declared It’s not our war. It is their war. I am not confident. But I think they’re [Hamas] very weakened on the other side.”
Another indication of this came when the president, asked whether the Gaza ceasefire would hold through all its phases, responded bluntly You certainly can’t have the people that were there, ... Most of them are dead, by the way, right?”
he said when asked about who will govern Gaza in the future ... the president continued It is US policy to protect its citizens from aliens who intend to commit terrorist attacks, threaten national security, espouse hateful ideology, or otherwise exploit the immigration laws for malevolent purposes.”
This executive order states I looked at a picture of Gaza. Gaza is like a massive demolition site. That place is – it’s really got to be rebuilt in a different way,