Donald Trump has often brought out the worst in Americans, both among his most fanatical supporters and among his most radical detractors. Alec Baldwin reminded us, with maramaldo timing. The American actor, who on TV successfully imitated The Donald, on Twitter did not limit himself to the joke I was never so happy to lose a job, but he invited to bury Trump in a Nazi cemetery and put a swastika on it. . What happened to America in Trump’s four years in the White House? Civilization has backtracked, especially in the Southern states, according to John Grisham (1955, Jonesboro, Arkansas,), a master of legal thriller and militant Democrat, who grew up in that South.
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GRISHAM HAS WRITTEN 36 JUDICIAL THRILLERS, TRANSLATED INTO 42 LANGUAGES. IN THE 1990s IT WAS THE BEST SELLING WRITER, WITH 60 MILLION COPIES. THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TITLE IS THE MEMBER
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Donald Trump will remain in history as a great tragedy – he told Massimo Gaggi in the new issue of 7 on newsstands from November 20 -. He filled so many people with hatred that he thought he would find his champion against the frustrations of a difficult life. And it brought back the worst instincts: like the ones I had seen in my childhood in Mississippi. In the South where I grew up, racism and segregation were still the rule in the 1960s. There were even lynchings of blacks. The last one in 1959: I was four years old. Getting out of that climate and entering the era of civil rights for all, Grisham says, was a tiring journey, but America has made great progress. That world, those hideous instincts I believed were permanently buried. Instead Trump brought them back to life.
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Death penalty: laws must be changed
Grisham’s new book, The time of clemency (Mondadori), set in a small town in Mississippi, where a murder took place, at the hands of a 16 year old who wanted to defend or avenge his mother and is sentenced to death. Once again, Grisham puts a social theme at the center of a highly psychological tension narrative mechanism: Aside from Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma, the death penalty is dying in the United States. The laws must be changed – concludes Grisham – but politics cannot build consensus for a penal reform. On the other hand, great politicians are needed for major reforms. And the height, in perspective, varies.
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Never been a fan of Barack
A friend of the Clintons, Grisham helped Hillary in her campaigns. While Barack Obama has never spared criticism. I’ve never been an Obama fan, true. I liked him as a person, but I found him inadequate as a preparation: senator for 15 minutes and then shot in the White House. He did well in the first two years but then made serious mistakes. By focusing too much on health and neglecting the economy. So he lost Congress right away. also true that I was close to Hillary. She was much better qualified and, without Obama, she would surely have made it to the White House. I criticized Barack a lot but today I re-evaluate him: he seems like a hero to me. Well, compared to Trump, even George Bush, a terrible president, becomes a hero. It also applies to Biden, today I’m a fan of his: I can’t wait for his term to begin.
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November 19, 2020 (change November 19, 2020 | 08:22)
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