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Donald J Trump: Nh Ững Điều C Ần Bi Ết Vĩnh T Ường Th ời s ự Chính tr ị Mỹ Sưu t ầm - về Ông “Đô-la-Trâm” Donald J Trump: Nh ững Điều C ần Bi ết Vĩnh T ường Đúng v ậy! Có nhi ều ng ười b ảo r ằng tôi là th ường dân; tôi không c ần chính “ch ị” chính em gì c ả; tôi ch ỉ bầu cho b ất k ỳ ai trong đảng mà lâu nay tôi tin. Th ế có ngh ĩa là không c ần phán đoán, ch ọn lựa gì c ả vì đã có ng ười ch ọn s ẵn cho r ồi. Và b ầu c ử còn có ý ngh ĩa gì vì nó ch ẳng khác ở Vi ệt nam sau 1975 đến gi ờ! L ại có ng ười tin r ằng “th ường dân không làm chính tr ị”. Có đúng không n ếu nói r ằng ng ười dân không bao gi ờ ra kh ỏi xã h ội, không bao gi ờ ra kh ỏi sự chi phối sinh ho ạt hàng ngày trong khung c ảnh xã h ội d ưới th ể ch ế chính tr ị nh ất định mà họ đang s ống? N ếu câu tr ả lời là “Đúng” thì đã rõ m ỗi ng ười chúng ta không th ể không quan tâm đến v ấn đề chính tr ị, xã h ội chung quanh ta, tr ừ khi chúng ta t ừ bỏ hết nh ững gì thu ộc v ề chúng ta, đó chính là quy ền s ống an bình, th ịnh vượng và h ạnh phúc mà b ất k ỳ ai trong chúng ta c ũng đều hàng gi ờ đeo đuổi. Không mong gì h ơn là c ộng đồng m ỗi ngày m ột ti ến b ộ, gìn gi ữ nh ững gì t ốt đẹp còn l ại c ủa n ền v ăn hóa Vi ệt khi hòa mình vào th ế gi ới v ăn minh, giúp được bao nhiêu không dám ch ắc nh ưng có điều ng ười vi ết ch ắc ch ắn là mình vi ết t ừ tâm ý nh ằm giúp cho cộng đồng M ỹ-Vi ệt, nh ất là cho nh ững ng ười đang thi ệt thòi vì không bi ết, ít bi ết ti ếng Anh ho ặc b ận r ộn không có th ời gian theo dõi tình hình b ầu c ử trong n ước – dĩ nhiên là ở Hoa K ỳ; nh ững ng ười có TV nh ưng ch ỉ có Antena để nghe đài VN không thôi, mà đài Vi ệt nam thì h ầu nh ư đài nào cũng nói r ập khuôn theo m ột chi ều ho ặc ch ỉ đặt được ch ươ ng trình c ủa nh ững đài t ươ ng đối rẻ ti ền hơn CBS, MSNBC, ABC...; đài Foxnews có rate cao nh ất thì đắt ti ền nh ất nên ít ng ười đặt xem. Để tránh b ị cả tin, th ường ng ười ta nên xem cùng m ột tin, bình lu ận cùng một vi ệc trên c ả đài đắt ti ền n ữa, ở đó có c ả Dân ch ủ, C ộng hòa và ng ười không thu ộc đảng nào. Đặt bi ệt khi xem tranh lu ận ng ười ta th ường để ý xem cung cách, thái độ, c ả cử điệu để nh ận định ai có đức độ song hành v ới tính trung th ực, khách quan c ủa l ời nói và ai không đáng tin c ậy. Điều đó, giúp ng ười ta bi ết đàng sau l ời nói là gì. L ời ng ụy bi ện lanh l ợi gi ỏi giang, b ẻ cong s ự th ật th ường là l ời không th ật. Hôm nay, xin nói v ề Donald J Trump: Đường Vào B ạch Cung Trump! Trump! Trump!... Đài TV nào, t ờ báo nào, ngày nào ng ười ta c ũng nghe, c ũng th ấy tên c ủa ông Trump, Trump và Trump. Tên ông nổi nh ư c ồn, nh ư n ước l ụt tràn b ờ mang đi kh ắp hang cùng ngõ h ẻm n ơi đất b ằng hay thung l ũng, nh ư gió th ổi bay trên c ả đồi cao. H ầu Page 1 of 12 nh ư không có ch ỗ nào thi ếu tên ông. Trump m ột ứng viên t ổng th ống có l ối ăn nói và v ận động l ạ lùng ch ưa t ừng th ấy trong l ịch s ử bầu c ử ở Hoa K ỳ. Ông là ai? Donald Trump là doanh nhân M ỹ nổi ti ếng không nh ững trong n ước mà kh ắp n ơi trên th ế gi ới, là t ỷ phú, ch ủ nhân c ơ s ở Trump Organization và nh ững ngu ồn l ợi doanh nghi ệp khác, là nhân v ật truy ền hình n ổi ti ếng, là tác gi ả, và bây gi ờ là ứng viên c ủa đảng C ộng hòa trên đường tranh gh ế Tổng Th ống. Lạ thay, c ũng có r ất nhi ều ng ười g ốc Vi ệt không ti ếc l ời g ọi ông Trump b ằng nh ững t ừ dành cho k ẻ hạ ti ện nh ất, trong khi ông ta ch ưa làm điều gì có h ại hay xúc ph ạm đến mình nh ư: th ằng h ề, th ằng khùng, tên ng ốc, Thiên lôi, tên vô l ại, tên k ỳ th ị, và m ới đây có ng ười cho rằng ông Trump ng ớ ng ẩn hô hào B ảo v ệ Mậu d ịch, là k ẻ nuôi gi ấc m ơ độc tài ki ểu Mussolini, Hitler, có h ội ch ứng hoang t ưởng (delusional disorders symptoms), ng ười theo ch ủ ngh ĩa Chauvinism, vân vân... Ng ười vi ết không có ý ki ến, nh ưng t ưởng c ũng nên mang tin t ức ít ng ười bi ết đến lên đây để độc gi ả có d ịp xem m ột s ố dữ ki ện ti ểu s ử cách đây h ơn 30 n ăm đến 25 n ăm v ề tr ước, để bi ết thêm ông Trump có ph ải đã t ồi t ệ với đất nước này không: • Vào n ăm 1980 Donald Trump nói v ới Rona Barrett n ăm 1980 ông không có ý ra tranh c ử TT. Ông c ũng nói ông không ưa th ấy ng ười đầu óc kém c ỏi nh ưng l ại c ười t ươ i làm t ổng th ống (Donald Trump tells Rona Barrett in 1980 he won't run for President.) • Cách đây 28 n ăm, trên show TV Oprah Winfrey th ấy ông nói có v ẻ nh ư TT nói v ề chính tr ị, bà h ỏi ông có định ra tranh c ử không. Ông đã tr ả lời r ằng “Có l ẽ không đâu, nh ưng tôi th ấy chán khi nhìn th ấy nh ững gì x ảy ra cho đất n ước này. Và n ếu tình hình tr ở nên th ật t ồi tệ, tôi s ẽ không lo ại b ỏ hoàn toàn [ý] định, b ởi vì tôi chán ng ấy khi th ấy nh ững gì x ảy ra cho đất n ớc này – sao chúng ta – sao chúng ta th ật s ự giúp cho ng ười ngoài có đời s ống v ươ ng gi ả mà chúng ta thì l ại không được” (“I probably wouldn’t, but I do get tired of seeing what’s happening with this country. And if it got so bad, I would never want to rule it out totally, because I really am tired of seeing what’s happening with this country – how we’re – how we’re really making other people live like kings and we are not.”) Và cho đến bây gi ờ ông m ới ra tranh c ử chính vì lý do ông đã nói cách đây 28 n ăm. (Read Donald Trump Interview From Over 25 Years Ago On Running For President Transcripts).Trong cu ộc ph ỏng v ấn Donald Trump h ơn 25 n ăm v ề tr ước Trump có cái nhìn tr ước xa v ề tươ ng lai kinh t ế HK cách đây 25 n ăm y nh ư hi ện t ại. (Lost Donald Trump Interview from Over 25 Years Ago...), và ông c ũng đã ra tr ước Qu ốc H ội để nói v ề kinh t ế 1991 (Donald Trump Goes Before Congress to Talk Economics – 1991 Flashback (CSPAN). Ng ười ta có th ể tìm th ấy nh ững điều ông nói tr ước đây 25 n ăm bây gi ờ rất kh ớp v ới tình hình kinh t ế hi ện nay. (This... Donald Trump Elected). Đôi Điều C ần Bi ết V ề Donald Trump: Page 2 of 12 Sơ l ược ti ểu s ử 1.1. Xu ất thân: Ông có t ất c ả 5 anh ch ị em: ch ị đầu là Maryanne (sinh 1937) hi ện là th ẩm phán c ủa Tòa phúc th ẩm liên bang Vùng 3 Hoa K ỳ và ch ị Elizabeth, anh trai là Fred Jr.
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