Sunday, February 12, 2017

A DEMOCRACIA NO FIO DA NAVALHA



O Financial Times publica hoje um artigo de Edward Luce - America´s monetiser-in-chief - que cruamente conclui que a democracia norte-americana está refém dos poderes que as eleições de Novembro colocaram nas mãos de Donald Trump e do Partido Republicano. E que são optimistas aqueles que julgam que as instituições democráticas poderão funcionar de modo a que a presidência dos Estados Unidos da América não seja um fabuloso negócio para o actual ocupante da Casa Branca. 


"Whoever said the personal is political did not have Donald Trump in mind. In the last week alone, the US president berated a chain store for dropping his daughter’s branded product line; the White House counsellor, Kellyanne Conway, then urged television viewers to go out and buy Ivanka Trump’s products. Meanwhile the first lady, Melania Trump, is suing a newspaper on the grounds its defamation ruined a “once in lifetime” chance for her to make money. No US president in history has triggered anything close to this many conflicts of interest — and this is just his family. Trump Inc is turning into America’s newest fourth estate... "

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