The 1920s Under Calvin Coolidge And The 2020s Under Donald Trump: Isolationism, Protectionism, Nativism!

Ronald 16 Comments

There could not be more of a difference in personality between Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President (1923-1929) and the 45th and 47th President, Donald Trump (2017-2021, 2025- ).

Coolidge was quiet, soft spoken, avoided publicity and attention, while Trump is bombastic, outspoken, and craves constant publicity and attention.

It seems clear that if Coolidge had ever met Trump, he would be frowning about him as a showboat and braggart!

And yet, the two Presidents actually have much in common, specifically three terms:

Isolationism—desire to avoid involvement with rest of world and alliances

Protectionism—promotion of high protective tariffs

Nativism—support of limitations on immigration from other nations.

These policies in the 1920s led to disaster in the 1930s and 1940s, causing the Great Depression; causing the rise of Fascism, which forced America into World War II; and denying many immigrants, particularly Jewish, but not only them, who were trying to escape from totalitarian Fascism in Italy under Benito Mussolini and Germany under Adolf Hitler. This led to the Holocaust of 12 million people in Nazi Germany’s areas of control!

Sadly, we now seem to be going in that same direction, as a century ago, as immigrants are being deported to an uncertain future, and we are on the cusp of a major economic collapse due to high tariffs being imposed by Donald Trump.

But even worse is the collaboration and flirtation with authoritarian nations, particularly the Russian Federation, against nations that were once America’s democratic allies!

16 comments on “The 1920s Under Calvin Coolidge And The 2020s Under Donald Trump: Isolationism, Protectionism, Nativism!”

  7. Rustbelt Democrat April 9, 2025 10:49 am

    Moronic – coal is very dirty, expensive, and a much worse option than solar, wind, energy efficiency, etc.

  9. Rational Lefty April 9, 2025 3:26 pm

    Now Trump is pausing most tariffs for 90 days except for China, which is going up to 125%. His top trade official, Jamieson Greer, wasn’t informed of the tariff delay until after Trump’s announcement.

  10. Princess Leia April 9, 2025 3:26 pm

    The Trump administration is so incompetent, it’s pathetic!

  13. Rustbelt Democrat April 10, 2025 10:15 am

    Are they going to monitor for racism as well? misogyny? homophobia? etc? Of course not.

  16. Rational Lefty April 13, 2025 11:17 am

    Israeli air strike destroys part of last fully functional hospital in Gaza City.

    “The Israel Defense Forces said the hospital contained a “command and control center used by Hamas’.”

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr7l123zy5o

    Of course, the Israel Defense Forces can *always* claim there’s some sort of Hamas “command and control center” or whatever present. How does anyone verify that?

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