Dear Director Feltri, what do you think of the speech that Donald Trump gave during the inauguration ceremony? The media is criticizing it harshly, but to me it seemed like a common sense speech, made by a reliable person. And which part struck you the most?
Valerio Zerbi
I find that the speech of the new president of the United States, contrary to what the majority of my colleagues maintain, is clearly thoughtful. I must say that Trump has both exceeded and disappointed all expectations. Those who remained disappointed were those who continued to propose Trump as an absolute evil and a world danger, a global threat to peace and the economy, to human and civil rights as well as to the environment, who however, despite the wisdom of the sentences uttered by the tenant of the White House, they have not given up the irresistible instinct to attack him and flea him. All we need to do is recognize this man’s ability to bring everyone together: whites, blacks, women, men, young people, old people. But no, he is still portrayed as a despot who would have imposed himself without going through those democratic elections which also marked his triumph for the second time. An indigestible truth for the left.
But I don’t let myself be influenced by ideology, I don’t kneel before political correctness, I don’t adapt to that conformism of thought to which everyone, anxiously, shows they adhere by inveighing against the one whom progressivism has identified as its bitter political and cultural enemy. I like Trump and have always liked him. I defended him during the 2016 campaign, when everyone thought he was defeated. And I like him even more now, I find him matured politically and in excellent shape on the scene. His speech deserves to be framed and those points which are indispensable and essential objectives of his government should inspire all Western democracies and therefore infect Europe. In particular I appreciated the reference to merit, a concept that I explored in depth in my book Fascisti della parole. It seems that today “merit” has become a dirty word, as I understand it even overseas. Trump stated that merit will be the criterion at the foundation of society, a democratic society where a person cannot be identified based on the color of their skin, but rather based on what they have accomplished, i.e. their merits. In short, Donald has placed the egalitarian value par excellence, merit, on a pedestal, giving everyone the hope and confidence of being able to make it in life, regardless of starting conditions, appearances, pigmentation, origin. I believe that the concept of merit is the opposite of racism and fascism, therefore I do not understand how the American president can be accused of being discriminatory and totalitarian.
Another important point is the reference to genres. Trump pointed out the obvious, the obvious however which, if it must be pointed out, means that it is no longer so obvious, that is, that there are only two genders, male and female. It’s about time it was clarified, because progressive schizophrenia about the neutral or fluid gender has done nothing but produce confusion, malaise, identity crises and useless controversies. We can all agree that we are born either female or male. And recognizing this does not mean being homophobic, the freedom to follow one’s sexual tendencies is not in question here.
Rather, it is a question of putting an end to that trend which involves brainwashing new generations, starting from kindergarten, aimed at insinuating into children the unhealthy idea that one comes into the world neutral and can then choose whether to be male or females or anything else at will, changing sex and orientation like changing underwear. Pure madness. Pure violence. Don’t call it “freedom”, please.