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Robert Archerd
6 min readSep 14, 2020

Trump’s Operational Levels, part 6:

Trump’s In-Your-Face, MAGA = MAWA, Racism

Synopses of previous installments: Part 1, an exploration of both the president’s moral development and behavior indicates he operates exclusively at the bottom, Level 1, exactly where he ends up in terms of his emotional maturity (Part 2). In Part 3, his intelligence, both native and demonstrated, is examined. And whereas he again doesn’t fare well, it may well be his worst showing of the first 3 categories. Part 4 explores Trump’s cognitive processes, but with a qualitatively different take, one in which he is, in Piagetian terms, cognitively preoperational (or not yet logical). In Part 5, we examined in considerable detail his preferred style of governance: fascism. And, as always, we simply followed the evidence. Part 6 was supposed to be a wrap, dealing with Trump’s racism and then tying parts 1–6 together, the end. But Trump’s recent overtly racist behavior has necessitated devoting Part 6 entirely to that. And it will go well beyond simply considering Trump as merely racist. Read on and see where the evidence leads:

Originally meant to be the final of six installments, this one was to be half about Trump’s racism followed by a summation of reasons we must vote him out of office. But recent shocking actions and statements by the president have made certain changes here necessary. Trump’s escalated racism will now need its own entire chapter, followed by a 7th and, let’s hope, final installment, devoted entirely to the conviction that our planet and every living thing on it depend on us ridding…

Robert Archerd
Robert Archerd

Written by Robert Archerd

Retired math/science educator, specialty in cognitive & moral development. Author of math & science programs , taught K thru grad level university.

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