{"id":11694,"date":"2019-02-07T09:12:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=11694"},"modified":"2019-02-07T09:12:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:12:37","slug":"why-trumps-war-on-socialism-is-more-necessary-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/why-trumps-war-on-socialism-is-more-necessary-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump&#8217;s War on Socialism Is More Necessary Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/images.sized-770x415x24x55x190x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/images.sized-770x415x24x55x190x102.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/images.sized-770x415x24x55x190x102-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/images.sized-770x415x24x55x190x102-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>PJ MEDIA<\/strong>, by Roger L. Simon &#8212; February 6, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Donald Trump, announcing a major theme of his 2020 campaign, declared war on socialism <\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2019\/02\/05\/trump_america_will_never_be_a_socialist_country_we_were_born_free_and_we_shall_stay_free.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>during his SOTU Tuesday night<\/em><\/a><em>:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\n We stand with the Venezuelan people in their noble quest for freedom \u2014 \nand we condemn the brutality of the Maduro regime, whose socialist \npolicies have turned that nation from being the wealthiest in South \nAmerica into a state of abject poverty and despair.&nbsp;Here, in the United \nStates, we are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in our country,. \nAmerica was founded on liberty and independence &#8211; not government \ncoercion, domination, and control. We are born free, and we will stay \nfree.&nbsp;Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a \nsocialist country.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You would  think given the situation in the aforementioned country, socialism would  be in disrepute, but no. \u00a0In the United States, at least, it appears to  be more popular than ever.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Witness the glum expressions on the faces of so many Democrats&#8211;nearly all of them&#8211;when Trump made his statement.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Bernie  Sanders looked as if he had swallowed the bowl along with the goldfish.  \u00a0 No doubt he would assure us that socialism can be &#8220;democratic.&#8221; \u00a0But  is that true? Is it just an accident that the <\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/saddam-hussein-hitler-stalin-mao-and-more-13-deadliest-dictators-photos\" target=\"_blank\"><em>three greatest mass murderers of all time<\/em><\/a><em>  &#8212; Hitler (17-10 million), Stalin (40-62 million), and Mao (45-75  million) &#8212; \u00a0all began with socialist ideologies? \u00a0No non-socialist has even come close.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>View the complete article including image, links and comments at:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/rogerlsimon\/why-trumps-war-on-socialism-is-more-necessary-than-ever\/\">https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/rogerlsimon\/why-trumps-war-on-socialism-is-more-necessary-than-ever\/<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PJ MEDIA, by Roger L. Simon &#8212; February 6, 2019 Excerpt: Donald Trump, announcing a major theme of his 2020 campaign, declared war on socialism during his SOTU Tuesday night: We stand with the Venezuelan people in their noble quest &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/why-trumps-war-on-socialism-is-more-necessary-than-ever\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11696,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11694\/revisions\/11696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}