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At 8 years old, Trump was already a millionaire, far from the self-made man he claims to be. The democrats failed because they did not know how to confront the heritage, the mother of inequalities, demonstrates Ismaël Le Mouël, social entrepreneur.
par Ismaël Le Mouël, social entrepreneur, graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and HEC, co-founder and ex-president of HelloAsso
A “catastrophe”. This is the word that has been coming up repeatedly in my friends' messages lately. This is the term agreed to comment on Donald Trump's victory. Without knowing very well why this qualifier pisses me off. I see it as a form of disconnection and class contempt. As if the Americans had not voted well and they had to be lectured. Of course, the victory of a narcissistic billionaire doesn't make me happy. But it is, in my opinion, above all a symptom and an opportunity.
The first symptom of an American left incapable of countering Donald Trump's narrative. Was it so difficult? The story that Donald Trump tells about himself is simple: he is a self-made man who achieves everything. The truth, however, is far removed from this beautiful imagination. Donald Trump's father is a real estate mogul, who brought wealth to his family early on. Donald Trump receives around $200,000 a year from a young age. At 8 years old, he is already a millionaire, and will be able to take over the family business at 25, which he will rename “Trump Organization”. We are a long way from being a self-made man…
The Democrats therefore missed the opportunity to put in everyone's minds the fact that they were facing an heir of the worst kind, and thus to win this election. Who wants to vote for an heir in a world dominated by the ideology of merit? If they missed this opportunity, it's because the heir
