Author Jon Meacham: Trump took advantage of "climate of fear"

CBS News ^ | May 20, 2018 | Emily Tillett

[PreciousLiberty]

“Not fear, preparation. Climate change is real!”

Sure it is. The climate has changed from time immemorial - the only constant is change.

The big question revolves around how much of current climate change is caused by man. That is very much an open question. It is true that increased atmospheric CO2 will cause some warming - however, it may well be too little to be of concern.

I suggest perusing drroyspencer.com for some very informative articles from a recognized scientific expert.

[leaning conservative]

Meaghan is an absolute pompous ass on morning Joe. He is the definition of a useless pundit. Plus he always looks like he is keeping a bad egg.

[leaning conservative]

Meacham

[OttawaFreeper]

Gee, wouldn’t it be fun to dig through the videotapes of “Face the Nation” from 1981-82 and see the talking heads back then make similar remarks about Reagan?

[Mr. K]

Trump took advantage of people being SICK OF THE CORRUPTOCRACY of the dems and rinos

[RedMonqey]

President Trump is in office because "we have a climate of fear in the country" which he "took advantage of" over the course of the 2016 campaign.

I agree.

But what Meachem forgets to add that Obama, Hillary and the media created the sense of fear that Americans were losing their country.

Well, done Mr Trump, well done.

[Mr. K]

You make a good point... what “climate of fear” is he talking about?

Does he mean the 8 wonderful years of Obama? And we had 8 more to look forward to with HilLIARy...

[Political Junkie Too]

...took advantage of "climate of fear"

Don't they all?

Isn't that the premise of all negative ads, to fear the other person and what they will do?

-PJ

[Colorado Doug]

What climate of fear? Every one of you imbeciles (not you 2ndDivisionVet, the author) was telling us how obama, the One had ushered us into a new age of prosperity, peace and racial harmony. The oceans were receding and nobama had the Nobel Piss Prize. How could there be any fear? We all had great healthcare and Moosechel was the most beautiful and trendy first lady evah. Life was good in the obama days, not scary. What is this climate of fear he speaks of?

[elbook]

Kind of like ‘the Climate of Fear’ in the Third Reich when they learned that America was entering the war against them ??

Yes, commies can fear. No matter how many people they murder/tyrannize, there are still those who remember and will come after them one day.

Obama facing federal criminal charges will sail off to some muslim country, but he can always be Eichmann’d - brought back to face Justice.

[Mark17]

The only thing I feared was Hillary Clinton grabbing the reins of power and finishing Mr. Obama's work of destroying this country.

That is true, but another thing that helped get Trump elected, was the seething, white hot anger, of the forgotten Americans, who were betrayed by the uniparty.

[freedom1st]

Can’t stand this socialist with the arrogant holier than thou attitude.

[expat2]

And fear is an unreasoning.

That is glib nonsense. Fear is a natural response to a real danger, first detected and assessed by the brain, then causing mind and body to respond so as to deal with that danger the best way it can. Fear is a survival mechanism that involves detection and analysis by the brain and has saved many lives over the millennia, for humans and all other fauna.

[Mr. Blond]

And the climate of fear was created by...

[rlmorel]

I am going to guess who this guy supported in previous presidential elections:

Michael Dukakis

Bill Clinton

Al Gore

John Kerry

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Hillary Clinton

[Gene Eric]

That damn changing Climate — hot, cold, fear..