Hillary Clinton speaks on the campaign trail in a measured and thoughtful English and Donald Trump speaks as though he has never tried to speak an intelligent English and does not care that at moments he seems not to be able to speak English at all. Trump speaks like most Americans. We try to get across in talk with others what we mean with a jumble of words without using an extensive vocabulary. We throw out words at a listener and care little what we sound like as long as somehow we see that a listener gets our point. We use a precise English only at work or in professional situations where it is necessary. Sadly, unless we are dealing with income or profits or a job, we have nothing to say. Trump sounds like us, like an American. If the election for president had anything to do with being an American or not being one, he would win.
The election is about something that Americans do not want to hear talked about publicly. It is about the fact that the Second World War and the Cold War gave the government in Washington worldwide military, political and economic responsibilities that have continued to the present and that it absolutely can not give up for the good of the world. We Americans know in our heart of hearts that Washington is gone from us because it now belongs more to the whole world than to us. We know that we will never get it back as only a national government. We hide our political sorrows behind public displays of patriotism. Our loyalty to Washington is genuine because we invented it and we know in our hearts that it will turn into a monster for us and everyone in the world unless we continue to support it and perhaps guide it to become a world government de jure as well as de facto.
So neither Hillary Clinton in good English nor Donald Trump in jumbled American English speak about the real issue. Washington pumps out daily so much financial and military help to the world that without its worldwide leadership Americans and everyone else will suffer drastic economic consequences globally. Both candidates must pretend that they want to be president to serve Americans but the reality is that as president they must devote themselves first and foremost to serving the world. The words of the candidates say nothing about the real issue and nothing need be said. Whomever Americans vote for for president will not be only their president.
Daniel McNeill
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Daniel McNeill
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