In a recent article published by WLT, the outlet pointed out Victor’s comparisons between Trump and John Wayne characters in Westerns.
It is pretty obvious that we were outgunned by the opposition, so Victor’s point is that before Trump came on the scene Americans needed help.
WLT further commented:
Like the evil barons in a Western film, the bad guys we face have big money, the press, and paid gunslingers on their side.
We needed a serious gunfighter, someone that could balance or tip the scales for the good guys. Then Trump came down the escalator and was on the scene. And he took over from there.
As Victor puts it in the interview below:
You want judges, he gave you judges. You want deregulation, he gave you deregulation. You want record low minority unemployment, he gave you it. You want record high republican participation by more minorities, he gave you it. You want a new middle east, he gave you that. You want to defang Iran, he [was] doing it. You want to confront China, he did it. You want to change the tax code to favor investment, he did it.
Watch it here: John Anderson/Youtube
Some of our fellow Americans thought he was a little too harsh. His words were mean sometimes and He was in fight mode all the time. Some even think he would not make a good pastor.
Well, your president shouldn’t be your pastor. Or as John Wayne’s character would put it, “Quit your bellyaching.
WLT noted:
Now don’t take this the wrong way. I see Trump’s faults, too. But look at what we’re up against. We needed a serious fighter to take on the threats to our freedoms, domestically and abroad.
As I see it, the barons of our time hit back hard. We watched them use their bag of dirty tricks to unseat Trump.
Don’t expect Trump to single-handedly clear out the bad guys in the sequel. He’ll need us locals to pitch in, too. Do you think John Wayne would vote for Trump?
Listen to John’s perspective in 1975 on certain liberals to help inform your decision.
Watch it here: Guyjohn59/Youtube
As the big Western hero said–keep your optimism for the future. Bring on the Trump Sequel.
On other hand, a Professor of History from Calvin University,
But in my research on evangelical masculinity, I have found that Trump’s leadership style aligns closely with a rugged ideal of Christian manhood championed by evangelicals for more than half a century.
Culture has played a critical role in shaping and sustaining this rugged vision of Christian manhood. In fashioning their masculine ideal, evangelicals have drawn liberally on Hollywood heroes – on mythologized warriors like Mel Gibson’s William Wallace in the movie “Braveheart” and on the heroic cowboys and soldiers played by John Wayne.
Reflecting the onscreen heroism portrayed by men like Gibson and Wayne, this masculine ideal condoned violence in the pursuit of righteousness and justified a vigorous, even ruthless assertion of power.
Source: WLT, TheConversation