
## Metadata
- Author: [[Michael Cuenco]]
- Full Title: Trump Colluded With the Swamp
- Category: #articles
- Summary: His promise of a materialist revolution was a lie
- URL: https://unherd.com/?p=483343
## Full Document
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## Highlights
- Trump himself — having been detached from any specific, discernible policies — has become a symbol that signifies nothing tangible; he’s a mere trigger for the emotions of both supporters and detractors. The unending psychodrama of the Trump indictments has taken up all the attention of the media and political classes while saying nothing about economics, trade, immigration or anything else of substance. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h8dn72vc0aq742mbdfbgp73s))
- Republican efforts to make Hunter Biden the centre of the national psychodrama are just as illustrative of America’s decline as a serious country ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h8dn7jjctsh06k0h7x9b99ha))