president of the united states deliver an inaugural address that was an exercise in undiluted pessimism. his description of the country he now lead s vivid. american carnage. it could be the title of a gangster movie. jackson s first inaugural address was low in comparison. there s no precedent no matter how grim the reality he has chosen to begin his term in office in dark tones of despair. in the midst of the great depression franklin roosevelt told the nation they had nothing to fear but fear itself with a horrific civil war still in its last throes, lincoln said let us strive onto bind up the nation s wounds. with unemployment at 4.7% and crime rates down to a 20% low,
immigrati immigration in these kind of dark tones, he was essentially echoing the arguments made bit national front, some of the right wing groups in germany and northern europe. and it seemed to me, it must be very unhelpful to the mainstream political parties that have been trying to integrate europe. europe, after all, has as many foreign-born people now as the united states. it is already an immigrant society. and this is not something that can be reversed at this point, can it? of course not. it s complicated stupid and complicated crazy. it does not work this way. any american citizen knows what immigration means and how a society can be well-regulated and enriched by immigration. number two, these sort of speeches of national front in
trump s advisers like to compare him with jackson. jackson s first inaugural address was low in comparison. there s no precedent no matter how grim the reality who has chosen to begin his term in office in dark tones of despair. in the midst of the great depression franklin roosevelt told the nation they had nothing to fear but fear itself. with a horrific civil war still in its last throes, lincoln said let us strive onto bind up the nation s wounds. with unemployment at 4.7% and crime rates down to a 20% low, donald trump spoke of american carnage. many of trump s supporters would argue this is appropriate. america is in dire straits. it has its problem but if you have any sense of history, you could come to the opposite conclusion.