Oh, really?
This is certainly terrible. Man, what a mess.
Thanks.
This is certainly terrible. Man, what a mess.
Thanks.
That is just patently wrong. It was a reaction to the previous administration's foreign policy strategy, which was to position America as less of a world leader and more of a partner.
Conservatives frequently criticized one of President Obama's early trips as an "apology tour", and were incensed when he appeared to bow to the Saudi king.
Also, they disliked the domestic policies which had a socialized feel.
It literally had nothing to do with the civil rights movement.
Happen to know of any direct discussion of this being the intent behind that slogan from the Trump administration? Especially from Trump himself?
If you don't trust me, a quick google search yields tons of results:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-donald-trump-cam...
Quote:
“I felt that jobs were hurting,” he said. “I looked at the many types of illness our country had, and whether it’s at the border, whether it’s security, whether it’s law and order or lack of law and order. Then, of course, you get to trade, and I said to myself, ‘What would be good?’ I was sitting at my desk, where I am right now, and I said, ‘Make America Great Again.’ ”
Security and trade would be the foreign policy bits that he felt we were far too weak on.
"Make America Great Again" doesn't reference anything in particular. It is just a catch-all phrase that captures the emotions of nostalgia, a remembrance of a better place that never was.
But - as you aptly demonstrate - it lends itself perfectly to project onto anything anyone could imagine and it is ambiguous enough to be applicable for pretty much everything.
That's why it's a actually a pretty good slogan.