Donald Trump's divisive speech at Mt. Rushmore seemed out of tune next to 'Hamilton,' which premiered with a vibrant vision of America's future.
at Mt. Rushmore — two visions of America as fatally opposed as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-infused musical about the Founding Fathers delivers America’s origin story with a diverse cast that makes good on those democratic ideals that from the inception left out whole swaths of the population. Trump’s performance outdoors in South Dakota, an angrier version of his “American carnage” inaugural address, inflamed conflicts, stoked grievances and poured kerosene on the culture wars.
As the coronavirus pandemic rages out of control in the U.S., Trump held an event at which masks were conspicuously and defiantly absent. He had no interest in calming the frayed nerves of a nation where more than 130,000 people have died from the virus and millions more have been infected. Instead, he wanted to talk about statues. “Angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our Founders, deface our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities.” Unable to win reelection based on his handling of the pandemic or his stewardship of the cratering economy, he has decided that his surest path to victory is through a race war.
Once the leader of the free world, the U.S. has become a pariah on the world stage. Europe has locked its doors to American visitors, unable to risk exposure to a nation that, despite the glories of its universities and the technical virtuosities of its industries, has renounced science for the sake of a demagogue’s ego.
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