Reich writes: "I hope Donald Trump loses the election and fades away forever. But I think Peter Dreier's prophesy is more likely. Trump will lose but he won't fade away. He's already creating his next platform - an authoritarian-populist media conglomerate designed to keep his ego, bigotry, anti-immigrant nativism, and xenophobia before the public 24/7."
Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star)
21 August 16
hope Donald Trump loses the election and fades away forever. But I think Peter Dreier�s prophesy is more likely. Trump will lose but he won�t fade away. He�s already creating his next platform � an authoritarian-populist media conglomerate designed to keep his ego, bigotry, anti-immigrant nativism, and xenophobia before the public 24/7.
He�s already rounded up all the key players: Roger Ailes (former Fox News guru deposed for sexual harassment), Stephen Bannon (former Goldman Sachs financier turned right-wing media mogul at Breitbart News), and, of course, the Donald himself � whose �brand� is now better known than ever, courtesy of the GOP, and whose loyalists will be glued to their televisions and smartphones to get ever more of Trump�s hatefulness and lies.
If you want to ponder a dystopian future, imagine Trump�s upcoming media empire making Fox News look responsible by comparison, and spawning a neo-fascist movement that will haunt America for decades.
What do you think?
