The primary pugilism decimated the candidates not by policies and programs but by name-calling and simplifying the Republican party platform to catchwords that fired up a new party base. In one fell swoop, President Trump pulled the rug from under the Democrats while shoring up support of Corporate America by retaining the trademark Republican policy of tax cuts and trickle-down benefits to the middle and lower classes. Instead of unifying the country after getting enough electoral votes to be declared the 45th President of the United States, Trump has left America divided. A recent Quinnipiac University poll reports that “Trump is doing more to divide the nation than to unite the nation, voters say 64-31 percent. For Trump, divide et tempera works.

Source: Manila Times January 28, 2018 16:18 UTC